Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,280
Estimate
Phenakistiscope Hohnbaum, Hannover; circular card box with label illustrating use of the device by a man standing in front of a mirror, two base discs with ten viewing apertures, one with printed label STROBOSKOPISCHE SCHEIBE VERFERTIGT VOM HOFMECHANICUS HOHNBAUM IN HANNOVER with instructions in French and German, with ten double-sided hand coloured discs of 7 in. diameter, wood and brass handle
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