拍品 249
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Combination lens
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Combination lens

細節
Combination lens
Charles Chevalier, Paris; the lacquered-brass barrel engraved PHOTOGRAPHE à VERRES COMBINéS. INVENTé PAR CHARLES CHEVALIER è PARIS, PALAIS ROYAL 158, with two interchangeable sections engraved PAYSAGES and PORTRAITS and both with Chevalier stamp and swinging lens cover
出版
Kingslake (1989), A History of the Photographic Lens, p. 33-35.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The Chevalier lens dates to 1841 and was a competitor to the Petzval design of the same year. Although the latter lens was superior and quickly became the dominant optical design the Chevalier was produced for around twenty years.