National Police officers managed to recover diorama book in German style kinetoscope, the creation of which dates back to the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century. Work stolen from a car in a German city Göttingen in 2018, prompting German authorities to turn on all alerts. Apparently, the book was identified by a German citizen himself, who suffered from theft on an online auction platform in Barcelona.

The investigation, launched in June through international cooperation channels, involved the cooperation of the National Police at the request of the German authorities. The purpose was to preemptively tamper with a peep show-style book of a German school from 1815 entitled “Das Baraims-Fest in Constantinople”, which was stolen in 2018 in Germany and It was put up for sale in a Spanish online auction with a starting price of 3,000 euros.

After checking the signs, which only the rightful owner knew about, the researchers confirmed at headquarters auction house in Barcelona that it was the above-mentioned book, and thus proceeded to his intervention.

The investigation has ended individual identification who donated the book to the auction house is a German citizen with a rich history in his country. crimes against property and public health. Following police intervention, the book was returned for delivery to its rightful owner.

How does a diorama work?

Diorama books, also known as books about peepshow or tunnel booksare craft volumes consisting of several pages connected by folded sheets of paper placed on each side that form a kind of accordion when unfolding.

These books, strange and poetic, resemble authentic theatrical works in reduced format that come to life as you turn the pages with a brilliant effect of depth and perspective. Its meticulous details invite readers, or rather viewers, to peer into little holes and discover enchanted worlds created in 3Dlike primitive virtual reality.

In particular, the book, discovered in Spain, was a fascinating piece of paper through which the reader can peer into its holes and explore Constantinople (Istanbul) The Middle Ages from different points of view.