With bag, "Photosphère" 9 x 12 camera, Compagnie française d - Lot 733

With bag, "Photosphère" 9 x 12 camera, Compagnie française de Photographie, viewfinder, magazine and frame. Circa 1889. As is. N.B. Jean-Marie PRADES: Format 9 x 12 cm. Jarret à Paris F/8 120 mm lens. Round diaphragm. Store: Hanau - Richard patent. The camera is designed by Napoléon Conti and manufactured by La Compagnie Française de Photographie, 7 rue de Solférino, Paris (...) The photosphere is entirely in silver-plated metal, then oxidized. The darkroom is shaped like a sphere, and contains a shutter that matches this spherical form (...) In all, according to Jean Alain Chemilie's studies, barely 4,000 cameras in all formats were manufactured (...). Visual and text "Autour d'une collection2 " Collection JMP Club Niépce Lumière, p. 114. Expert Isabelle Cazeils. Provenance: Jean-Marie PRADES Collection. Camera.