Daguerreotype Lens by Lerebours et Secretan, c. 1855

'Petzval-Type Lens by "Lerebours et Secretan", c. 1855 Engraving: "Lerebours et Secretan à Paris. No. 6047". Small and early 'Système Allemand' lens with a focal length of approx. 15 cm. Height 10 c

Landscape Lens by Lerebours, c. 1856 Lerebours et Secretan à Paris. No. 8454, Petzval type, approx. 35 cm focal length, one washer stop (front), rack-and-pinion focusing. Lens with second engraving:

Lerebours Landscape Lens (Petzval Type), c. 1858 Lerebours et Secretan à Paris. No. 8423, approx. 20 cm focal length, for waterhouse stop, rack-and-pinion focusing, height with lens hood 4 in., Ø 2

Daguerreotype Landscape Lens, c. 1855 Unmarked, presumably French, approx. 35 cm focal length, flap shutter, rack-and-pinion focusing, height 3 ½ in., Ø 3 1/6 in. – Excellent condition! Daguerreo

serial no. 4750, body, F-G, element, VG

Claudet Stereoscopic Daguerreotype, c. 1855 Antoine Claudet, England. 8.6 x 17.7 cm, portrait of a lady, with Claudet label on the back, frame retouched, picture tone well preserved. - Very rare. Clau

Lovely 12”x10” paper broadside in complete and original condition advertising “splendid daguerreotype miniatures” by an artist named E.S. Hayden. Hayden, a traveling or “

By Lerebours et Secretan, Paris, intricately carved case with lidded urn, ribbons, and pendant bellflowers, 46 1/2" h. 7" w.

very early rare French daguerreotype Petzval lens, c.24cm focal length, front element diameter c.5cm, rear element diameter c.5.5cm, total height c.14cm, rack and pinion focusing, optics with some cle

very early rare French daguerreotype Petzval lens, c.24cm focal length, front element diameter c.5cm, rear element diameter c.5.5cm, total height c.14cm, rack and pinion focusing, optics with some cle

UNIDENTIFIED. Affectionate Brothers, c. 1855. 5.8x4.3" daguerreotype (half plate) in oval passe-partout and 9.8x8.6" frame.

early American Daguerreotype sliding-box camera, beautifully crafted mahogany body, half-plate size, except for the ground glass no missing parts, with early unmarked Petzval type lens (c.15cm focal l

'Darlot "Trousse Anachromatique d'Atelier de Mrs L. de Pulligny et Ct Puyo", c. 1895 Darlot, Paris. No. 37024. A soft-focus lens for artistic portraits, manufactured by Darlot, to design of two famous

Thomas Richard Williams (1824-1871) SCENES IN OUR LARDER c.1850s, Stereoscopic Daguerreotype from the First Series, 1851-1855, plate size, 84mm x 173mm, signed TRW in image, in black passe partout mou

'O.I.P. Anastigmat Labor 4,3/440 mm, c. 1930 Optique et Instruments Précision, Gand, Belgium. Soft-focus lens with variable lens group, 1 up to 5 scale for "net" (= sharp) until "flou" (= soft), mech

GARETTA VAN WYCK, DIED 1855, TOGETHER WITH DAGUERREOTYPE FRAME, RELINED, 20" X 16" SIGHT, OVERALL 27 1/4" X 23 1/2"

C.1855 JOHN BROADWOOD GRAND PIANO W/ ORMOLU MOUNTS & PARQUETRY VENEERED CASE & BENCH SERIAL # 43407 RESTORED 2005 38 3/4" X 57 3/4"

Biotar 1.8/7.5 cm Lens, c. 1924 Carl Zeiss Jena. No. 625119, in Zeiss VII mount (with the standard tube height of 35 mm), with original unengraved iris diaphragm, unused, optics clean when viewed unde

Cooke and Wheatstone Single-Needle Telegraph, c. 1855 Manufacturer: Electric Telegraph Company, England. Transmitter and receiver, mahogany case. An historical piece from the dawn of telegraphy. Coo

Rare Brass-Bound "Plasticca" 4/60 cm Art Portrait Lens, c. 1920 Plasticca Industrie Oscar Zwierzina, Dresden-Blasewitz. No. 1708, engraved "D.R.G.M. D.R.P.a.", ht. of the lens 51 mm x dia. 12.9 cm, or

Henry Paprill, View of New York engraving, c. 1855, After John W. Hill, "New York with the City of Brooklyn in the Distance. From the steeple of St. Paul's Church Looking East, South and West", hand-c

Thambar 2.9/9 cm Lens, c. 1934 Leitz, Wetzlar. No. 226445, the legendary soft-focus lens, with back cap and matching E. Leitz N.Y. SL filter, clean optics under point light, good focusing and aperture

Early French Bréguet Dial Telegraph System, c. 1855 Consisting of transmitter, receiver, bell box and galvanometer as patented in 1849. 1) Transmitter by L. Bréguet, with brass plaque "I. Si

Very Early Swedish Telegraph, c. 1855 Manufacturer: P.M. Sörensen, Stockholm. Serial no. 50! Relief writer, for weight-drive, original lacquered brass, good original condition. A very rare Morse