Album Magique, Stéréoscope Moderne

Album Magique, Stéréoscope Moderne

Bound volume

Louis François Saugrin

Maker
French, active 1850s

J. Gurney & Son

Maker
American, estab. 1860

Album Magique, Stéréoscope Moderne

ca. 1875
Bound volume with albumen silver prints and panotype
Overall: 8 7/16 × 5 9/16 × 1 7/8 in. (21.5 × 14.2 × 4.7 cm)
Purchase, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Stamped in gilt, oval design on album spine, C: ALBUM \ MAGIQUE \ SAUGRIN \ INVENTEUR \ PARIS \ BREVETS FRANÇAIS & ÉTRANGERS. S.G.D.G. [in belt design
Stamped in gilt, on removable viewer, mounted to front pastedown, C: Stéréoscope Moderne. / SAUGRIN / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G.
[Translation for SGDG, Brevete Sans Garantie du Gouvernement: Patent Without Government Guarantee. Probably similar to the term Patent Pending]

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