The historiscope
Subtitle: a panorama & history of America
Publisher: Published by Milton Bradley & Co.
Published: 1868
Place of publication: Springfield, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Toy theaters; Specimens; Pictorial works; Toy and movable books; History
Notes: Panorama theater stage with approximately 25 scenes depicting American historical events from the arrival of first Europeans up until the British surrender of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. Color images are on a continuous scroll, approximately 11 x 400 cm mounted on two spindles in a box 13 x 21 cm. Turning the spindles using the nobs on the side of the box changes the scenes which are viewed through a cut out "stage" in the top of the box.

Title from bookseller's description and from copy in the New York Historical Society.

LC copy imperfect: Box lid with title, publication and manufacture information wanting.