Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Chevalier, Charles Louis (1804-1859) Notice sur l'usage des Chambres Obscures. Paris: Chevalier, 1833.
Octavo, untrimmed, in original paper wraps, ex libris Library of the University of Vermont, embossed stamp to title, bookplate pasted inside front board, illustrated.
Chevalier made meniscus lenses for the first Daguerreotype cameras.
Estimate $400-600
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