Optics & Sciences Catalog, 1900 - Société des Lunetiers - Lot 709

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Optics & Sciences Catalog, 1900 - Société des Lunetiers - Lot 709
Optics & Sciences Catalog, 1900 - Société des Lunetiers (Essilor) - Paris World’s Fair. An exceptional historical and scientific document from the period: an authentic, prestigious advertising catalog from the famous Société des Lunetiers (Maisons Ottolini, Chevaillier, Mallet & Cie), published for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair.This complete booklet unfolds to reveal the entire product catalog of this company, founded in 1849. It features a magnificent perspective engraving of the company’s headquarters at 6 Rue Pastourelle in Paris, surrounded by views of its various French factories.References to the London branch (56 Hatton Garden) and the prestigious distinction “Hors Concours, Member of the Jury” at the 1900 Exposition. Period advertising markings printed in bright red. Technical Contents: A complete and detailed inventory of the brand’s precision instruments, organized into major scientific sections: Optics, Ophthalmology, Physics (X-ray equipment, telegraphy, telephony), Photography (camera obscuras and lenses), and Mathematics (compasses, geodesy, technical drawing).
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