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<p>probably just an unfortunate coincidence, but "vilia" means "cheap things" in latin - nomen omen ?</p>

<p>it seems an english wet plate camera in the style of Ross and Dallmeyer, around 1870 - not for daguerreotypes</p>

<p>it's a Voigtlander AVUS 9x12cm and has double extension, the VAG was single extension<br> <a href="http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-2400.html">http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-2400.html</a></p>