An Important Mahogany & Brass Carte Des Visite Studio

A Rare & Important Mahogany & Brass Carte Des Visite Studio Camera Sliding box design, with dovetailed joints, 9 individual lenses with masking fascia panel and sliding individual lens shutters to the front standard, rack and pinion focusing, sliding guillotine synchronized shutter and septum present internally, 5" x 7" exposures, with original fitted DDS, some evidence of previous repairs to camera body, however, overall an interesting and good example. Maker's Label reads: "Photographic Artists' Co-operative Supply Association 43 Charterhouse Square, London" dating the camera to around 1877 Similar later designs can be found in Auer; items 2634 & 2636