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		A lift-the-flap book, 18th century style (blogs.bl.uk)
		24 points by benbreen on Oct 24, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

helsinkiandrew on Oct 24, 2022 | [–]

The Objectivity channel on YouTube looked at a stunning medical lift-the-flap book from 1730 in the Royal Society archives (half way through, they start with a book from 15th century with moving astronomical calculators):

https://youtu.be/uWl8zj8Rsfg

xwdv on Oct 24, 2022 | [–]

These type of books likely only entertained rich children.

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