1877-1879 Émile Reynaud - “Praxinoscope“ (9 early animations)

Around 1877 Reynaud improved on the zoetrope by adding mirrors in the centre so the animation could be clearly seen without peeping through small slits. For this “Praxinoscope“ he published 3 series of 10 very cute animations per serie. This video contains 9 of them: № 7 - La Danse sur la Corde (The Tight-rope Dance) № 9 - Le Jeu de Corde (Skipping Rope) № 10 - Zimm. Boum. Boum! (Dzing. Boom. Boom!) № 12 - Le Jeu du Volant (Badminton) № 16 - Les Papillons (The Butterflies) № 17 - Le Trapèze (The Trapeze) №