Tekstblad met verklaring van de prent over Zichtkunde, p. 35 1695

This page from Charles Perrault's "Le Cabinet des beaux Arts" is a text-based artwork, dating back to 1695. Written in French, the text discusses optics and the power of sight. The page is a fine example of 17th-century printing and typography. It is representative of the scientific and philosophical ideas of the time, focusing on the workings of the human eye and its ability to perceive the world around us. The page, measuring 281 mm high and 380 mm wide, uses a simple and elegant layout, typical of scholarly texts of the period. This text, likely a manuscript, serves as a visual document of Perrault’s scientific work and is an important piece in the history of visual arts and the development of scientific understanding.