Système Gaudin, Replica of the First Camera for Short Exposure T

Wooden box 26.5 x 23 x 28 cm, can be opened from the top and back, from the top there is a removable compartment with 2 boxes and space for 10 chemical bottles, one box for storing 81 x 67 mm daguerreotype plates (including a corroded daguerreotype for demonstration purposes, stamped 30 on the back), the other box has a removable tray lined with glass for fixing and the box itself is lined with glass for rinsing. At the bottom of the wooden box there is a separate development box with extendable feet to allow a small burner to be placed underneath to heat the mercury (controllable via the built-in thermometer). In the box there are two small compartments for two additional glass bottles, a focusing screen magnifying glass and a pair of glasses from that era for viewing the focusing screen image (focusing screen is missing, can be replaced). The whole box serves as a camera with a built-in, functioning brass-bound lens with a revolver aperture and sliding focus for a circular image of 63mm, the plate holder is firmly attached with a hinge. – Literature: D’Agostini, "Photographic Lenses", 2011, p. 231. – Important exhibit showing the history of photography.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)