| Introduction |
| 401.01 | The Prehistory of photography |
| Literary predictions of photography |
| 401.02 | Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche: Giphantie (1760) |
| Drawing and optical devices |
| 401.03 | Drawing and optical devices |
| 401.04 | Introduction to the Claude Glass or Black Mirror |
| 401.05 | A history of the camera obscura |
| Light-sensitive chemicals |
| 401.06 | Introduction to light-sensitive materials |
| 401.07 | An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon glass, and of making Profiles, by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. WEDGWOOD, ESQ. With Observations by H. DAVY. (1802) |
| Peepshows |
| 401.08 | Introduction to peepshows |
| Magic lanterns |
| 401.09 | History of the magic lantern |
| 401.10 | Magic lantern shows and showmen |
| Alternative views |
| 401.11 | Spooner's Protean Views |
| Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre |
| 401.12 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Portraits |
| 401.13 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Cardinal d'Amboise |
| 401.14 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: View from the Window at Le Gras |
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