Camerascope (1 results)

Orig. stereoscope, 14 image cards, together with blue instruction slip; image 9 cut in half with both parts present. Orig. red cloth folding case, lettered in gilt on spine, press stud-fasteners; box rubbed at hinges. The stereoscope is made of metal and glass and fits comfortably against the face; the image being studied is placed into a slot on the other side of the scope, which allows the viewer to see the image in 3D. The cards included are two black and white illustrations of the human skull, and 12 black and white photographic images of eyeballs taken from Professor Arthur Thompson's Anatomy of the Human Eye (1912). Thompson's book included sixty-seven 'stereoscopic photographs' housed in a cloth box. The College of Optometrists have two variant examples of this viewer which are erroneously dated; the patent database Espacenet lists it as between 1920-22. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.