A MANUSCRIPT LUNAR ASTROLABE

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£ 6 500
Auction dateClassic
26.10.2021 00:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 637698
Lot 43 | A MANUSCRIPT LUNAR ASTROLABE
Planispherum Lunare cujus ope Locus medius Solis Lunae, ejusdemque Nodorum, Solis Declinatio, Lunaeque Latitudo Simplex, atque ejus Argumentum, necnon Novitunia et Plenitania Ecliptica simul inveniuntun. Ink and polychromy on paper over pine. The instrument comprises a circular base plate, and three rotatable cardboard volvelles, and a brass radius pointer, attached to each other in the centre. A brass ring is attached to the base plate for suspending. All four paper covered discs are finely inscribed in manuscript with various scales and symbols.
181/2in. (47cm.) diameter
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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SW1Y 6QT London
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