The original"" Le Praxinoscope-Théâtre d'Emile Reynaud, Paris"" , 1878 Improved Zootropo E. Reynaud: By using a drum mirror, imaging sequences are executed more uniformly dark without pauses. Complete with umbrellas (copy), candleholders and all original mirrors (a mirror with crack). 10 strips of original photos. - Important piece collection of pre-cinema! - Literature: Coe,"" The History of Movie Photography"" , p. 35. A praxinoscope is a similar apparatus to the Zootrope invented by Emile Reynaud in 1877 and patented 21 December that annually.1 The viewer looks over the drum, within which there is an inner wheel with mirrors at an angle, reflecting a images drawn on strips of paper lying around. As a result the person observes a clear sequence, a stable animation where images merge and manage the animated effect. To make the praxinoscopes then sold as toys, Reynaud rented two apartments in Paris, one of which worked as a workshop. The invention received an honorable mention in the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878.