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Lot n° 529

Hand-cranked Praxinoscope by Charles-Émile Reynaud,...

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Hand-cranked Praxinoscope by Charles-Émile Reynaud, optical toy invented in Puy en Velay in 1876. Silver medal at the Paris Industrial Exhibition of 1879 and bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889. Praxinoscope with a crank handle and four pulleys (without the metal belt). Natural light wood stand, bronze colored alcohol varnish bowl, twelve mirrors topped with lithographed label, 25 animated chromolithograph strips including 3 whole (plasticized), GM candle holder, original lampshade but plasticized inside. All in its original box.