Le Photosphere 9x12cm prints the other is used as

the other is used as a handle to slide out the plate magazine

neat mint and complete condition

on the rear plaque engraved 'Grand Prix Exposition Universelle 1889 Nadar Fabt

but focus hood on one side only

Le Photosphere 9x12cm prints the other is used asThe Photosphre is an unusual plate camera, designed and patented by Napolon Conti in 1888, and made in several sizes by the Compagnie Franaise de Photographie in Paris. It was designed for use in tropical regions and therefore, unusually for the time, made of metal. The body is brass, with a silver coloured plating (usually very tarnished in examples seen now). The front of the body has an unusual hemispherical shape. Within this (behind the lens) the