| Introduction | |
| 1 | Drawing and optical devices |
| Albrecht Dürer: Drawing and drafting aids | |
| 2 | Albrecht Dürer: Drawing and drafting aids |
| 3 | Henry Fox Talbot on drawing aids |
| Pantograph | |
| 4 | Invention of the pantograph |
| Zograscope | |
| 5 | Zograscope |
| Camera obscura | |
| 6 | Camera obscura: Design and use |
| 7 | Portable camera obscura |
| 8 | Historic and contemporary camera obscuras |
| 9 | Abelardo Morell: Camera obscura |
| Camera lucida | |
| 10 | The camera lucida |
| 11 | Camera lucida: Design and use |
| 12 | Henry Fox Talbot: Camera lucida drawings (1833) |
| 13 | John Herschel: Camera lucida drawings |
| Silhouette | |
| 14 | Silhouettes |
| Physionotrace | |
| 15 | Physionotrace |
| Perspective | |
| 16 | Perspective |
| Dioramas | |
| 17 | Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre: Dioramas |
| Introduction | |
| 1 | Drawing and optical devices |
| Albrecht Dürer: Drawing and drafting aids | |
| 2 | Albrecht Dürer: Drawing and drafting aids |
| 3 | Henry Fox Talbot on drawing aids |
| Pantograph | |
| 4 | Invention of the pantograph |
| Zograscope | |
| 5 | Zograscope |
| Camera obscura | |
| 6 | Camera obscura: Design and use |
| 7 | Portable camera obscura |
| 8 | Historic and contemporary camera obscuras |
| 9 | Abelardo Morell: Camera obscura |
| Camera lucida | |
| 10 | The camera lucida |
| 11 | Camera lucida: Design and use |
| 12 | Henry Fox Talbot: Camera lucida drawings (1833) |
| 13 | John Herschel: Camera lucida drawings |
| Silhouette | |
| 14 | Silhouettes |
| Physionotrace | |
| 15 | Physionotrace |
| Perspective | |
| 16 | Perspective |
| Dioramas | |
| 17 | Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre: Dioramas |
