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The Human Figure in Motion - By Eadweard Muybridge
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The Human Figure in Motion - By Eadweard Muybridge

1900 - 1920
Description

The Electro photographic investigation of consecutive phases of muscular action.This rare book was published in 1904. It is a 2nd edition, and it is in reasonable condition.Muybridge was born Edward Muggeridge in Kingston on Thames, England in April 1830, and he died in America in 1903.

As a young man he went to America and this is where he changed his name. He became a famous photographer and revolutionized photographic techniques and invented sophisticated equipment including an apparatus called a zooproxiscope, which was designed to take the hundreds of rapid photographs of the human body which appear in this book.

They are mostly, discretely nude, and some of the ladies he used were dancers from a Theater in Philadelphia. The photos were taken in California between 1872 and 1885. The information they displayed was extremely useful to physiologists and artists, and was considered to be the beginning of the theory of motion pictures.

Physical Dimensions
Height
25cm (9.84")
Width
32cm (12.60")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Declaration

Carlton House Antiques has dated this Eadweard Muybridge Photography Book to the 1900s.

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SA461846
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084
Description
The Electro photographic investigation of consecutive phases of muscular action.This rare book was published in 1904. It is a 2nd edition, and it is in reasonable condition.
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Muybridge was born Edward Muggeridge in Kingston on Thames, England in April 1830, and he died in America in 1903.
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fig 1. A rectangular hardcover antique book bound in terracotta red cloth with gilded title lettering reading The Human Figure in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge.
fig 1. The Human Figure in Motion - By Eadweard Muybridge

As a young man he went to America and this is where he changed his name. He became a famous photographer and revolutionized photographic techniques and invented sophisticated equipment including an apparatus called a zooproxiscope, which was designed to take the hundreds of rapid photographs of the human body which appear in this book.

fig 2. A rectangular hardcover antique book bound in terracotta red cloth with gilded title lettering reading The Human Figure in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge.
fig 2. The Human Figure in Motion - By Eadweard Muybridge

They are mostly, discretely nude, and some of the ladies he used were dancers from a Theater in Philadelphia. The photos were taken in California between 1872 and 1885. The information they displayed was extremely useful to physiologists and artists, and was considered to be the beginning of the theory of motion pictures.

Height
25cm (9.84")
Width
32cm (12.60")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

Carlton House Antiques has dated this Eadweard Muybridge Photography Book to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA461846
Dealers Internal Ref
084
Carlton House Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2016
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A rectangular hardcover antique book bound in terracotta red cloth with gilded title lettering reading The Human Figure in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge.
The Human Figure in Motion - by Eadweard Muybridge
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Late nineteenth-century motion study books documented early high-speed photographic experiments that captured consecutive phases of human and animal movement, laying the foundation for modern cinematography.

Volumes from this era were typically constructed with woven cotton or linen cloth over heavy cardboard covers, featuring gilded or foil-stamped typography and sewn page signatures.

Authentic period books demonstrate age-appropriate surface wear, natural oxidisation of gilt lettering, original publisher imprints on the title page, and period-appropriate binding techniques.

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