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A descriptive catalogue of photographic apparatus manufactured and sold by Bolton & Barnitt, operative and photographic chemists, manufacturers & importers of chemical apparatus

Bolton & Barnitt · 1860 · London : Bolton & Barnitt · 7 pictures

A trade catalogue of photographic apparatus issued in London in 1860 by the chemists and importers Bolton & Barnitt, aimed at photographers and studio buyers. The pictures are small line engravings of cameras, dark boxes and iodine and bromine boxes with their parts labelled, showing how Victorian wet-plate kit was built and packed, useful for designers wanting mechanical period detail in pared-down diagram style.

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