Franz Xaver Waibl Petzval Objektiv

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Estimate
€1,000 – 1,500

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Condition

B/C

Manufacture Year

c.1853

Product number

AI_22_14393

very rare brass Petzval lens by Franz Xaver Waibl (Austria), he worked with Dietzler and Petzval around 1850 (clean lenses), rack and pinion focusing (very loose), barrel engraved 'F.X. Waibl Gumpendorf Schmidgasse No.108 in Wien', approx. 35cm focal length, lens diameter c.8.5cm, total height incl. hood: 25cm, brass shutter cap (loose)