Camera Lucida - Universal Light Chamber

Signed "P. B[ERVILLE] - MODEL PATENTED", c. 1890-1937.
Brass instrument in a wooden box addressed to "JEUSSELIN, Optician, 14 rue BAB-AZOUN, ALGER".
Optical instrument used by landscapers and designers to draw or trace an image using a triangular prism and lenses "for copying, enlarging, reducing any subject whatsoever". The device is fixed by a bracket on a support. Beautiful model signed "PB" for the Parisian house Berville, line of manufacturers and depositories of universal camera lucides, P. Berville* was active between 1896 and 1937.
Model in very good condition, one edition, with 12 biconvex and biconcave focal lenses and a chamois leather, in its original case with sliding lid which bears the plate of the optician and manufacturer Jeusselin based in Algiers. With instructions for use from the catalog of the H. Morin establishments.
*Marcelin & Fromanger, Dictionary of French manufacturers of measuring instruments..., 2nd edition, 2021, p. 19.