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Block Portrait camera
Gaumont, Paris; 60mm., walnut-body, black-painted metal fittings, rear-fitting hand-crank, side door opening to reveal internal mechanism, front door revealing shutter, top door opening to reveal film magazine, side door opening to reveal Demeny-style pin movement and two walnut film magazines, metal plaque engraved CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHIE G. DEMENY...57 RUE SAINT ROCH 57, PARIS, with a brass bound Maximus No. 1 lens
Gaumont, Paris; 60mm., walnut-body, black-painted metal fittings, rear-fitting hand-crank, side door opening to reveal internal mechanism, front door revealing shutter, top door opening to reveal film magazine, side door opening to reveal Demeny-style pin movement and two walnut film magazines, metal plaque engraved CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHIE G. DEMENY...57 RUE SAINT ROCH 57, PARIS, with a brass bound Maximus No. 1 lens
Provenance
Christie's, Magic Lanterns, Optical Toys and Cameras, 12 May 2000, lot 156.
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