Leitz Epidiascopes

12pp leaflet with monochrome illustrations in printed paper wraps.  4to.  Covers are worn, creased  and rubbed, chipped around edges with dog-eared extreme corners with minor loss and short crease at the head of the spine.  Binding fragile.  internally some minor signs of handling and tiny creases over the lower leading corner but generally clean, neat and bright.  

A 1935 brochure from Ernst Leitz, the prominent German precision engineering and optical instrumentation company founded on Wetzlar in the 1840s and the parent company of Leica.  It features the VH I and VH II epidiascopes models(combining an episcope and diascope to project both opaque and transparent slides), together with accessories available, with details of their technical specifications, construction and uses.  The brochure dates from 1935, a period when Leitz was seeking to expand its UK market, following the success of its early Leica camaras.  At the time the VH series was state of the art and the brochure showcases Leitz’s high end craftsmanship from the inter-war period, before war time material shortages forced shifts in production standards.