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A table armillary sphere, French, circa 1835,
A table armillary sphere, French, circa 1835, attributed Charles-Francois Delamarche, the armillary sphere with horizon ring with engraved paper ring printed with months, days, signs of the zodiac, and directions. Horizon ring with four supports, each support printed on both sides with latitude and longitude of major world cities, the meridian ring printed with the degrees of elevation of the poles, mounted within meridian ring are five armillary rings, one each for the Equator, Arctic, Antarctic, and Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, the five rings surrounded by a band printed on both sides with the names of the zodiac as well as the months, mounted in the centre is a terrestrial globe, above which are suspended movable sun and moon discs on brass strips, hour ring above North pole, circumferences of rings painted red, on turned ebonised wood stand, 56cm (22in) high, 34cm (13 1/4in) diameter Footnotes: Provenance: Geoffrey Stead, November 1994 (£3,000). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
A table armillary sphere, French, circa 1835, attributed Charles-Francois Delamarche, the armillary sphere with horizon ring with engraved paper ring printed with months, days, signs of the zodiac, and directions. Horizon ring with four supports, each support printed on both sides with latitude and longitude of major world cities, the meridian ring printed with the degrees of elevation of the poles, mounted within meridian ring are five armillary rings, one each for the Equator, Arctic, Antarctic, and Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, the five rings surrounded by a band printed on both sides with the names of the zodiac as well as the months, mounted in the centre is a terrestrial globe, above which are suspended movable sun and moon discs on brass strips, hour ring above North pole, circumferences of rings painted red, on turned ebonised wood stand, 56cm (22in) high, 34cm (13 1/4in) diameter Footnotes: Provenance: Geoffrey Stead, November 1994 (£3,000). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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