1164
Epidiascope by Radiguet & Massiot 
Paris, c.1900s, polished timber and 
brass; height 80cm.
$500–1,000
1165
ROSS LONDON: Epidiascope projector, 
retrofitted for electricity; dimensions 
approx. 41 x 34 x 70cm.
$200–300 ❖
1166
Stereo graphoscope incorporating 
stereo viewer on hinged platform, 
c.1870s, with carved floral details and 
“Negretti & Zambra - Opticians to the 
Queen - 122 Regent Street London” 
retailer’s plaque; 40 x 23 x 33cm at 
maximum height.
$300–500
1167
“Le Taxiphote” c.1899 tabletop 
stereoscope by Jules Richard (Paris), 
height approx. 17cm, adjustable focus, 
internal crank-operated distributor for 
cycling through up to 25 pre-loaded 
stereo glass transparencies, with 
integrated external counter.
The Taxiphote was the first tray-based 
stereoscopic viewer for glass slides, 
its ingenious mechanical distributor 
allowing users to cycle through a 
sequence of images via levers without 
manually handling the delicate glass 
plates.
$500–750
1168
Circa 1860s tabletop stereoscope, 
height 53cm (with mirror up), dual front 
and back viewing lenses, loaded with 
40+ hand-coloured stereo cards (British 
parlour content) on chain drive operated 
by external knob.
$400–600 ❖
1169
WWII ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS: 
A tabletop stereoscope, height 52.5cm, 
purported to have been owned by Royal 
Air Force Marshal Arthur Harris, loaded 
with 50 stereo transparencies (dated 
1943-45) on chain drive operated by 
external knob; views mostly show the 
devastation wrought by Allied aerial 
bombing on Germany, occupied France, 
and Japan; noted D-Day beaches, the 
Fortress of Mimoyecques, V1 and V2 
rocket sites, Berlin (Olympiastadion 
visible), Cologne, Nuremberg, Daimler-
Benz Works Stuttgart, Paris, Le Mans, 
Nagoya, Kobe, among many others.
$800–1,200
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