3 INSTRUMENTS, ONE IS MISSING THE SILVER INSERT

 IVORY HANDLES, TORTOISE SHELL BLADES

CENERI Angelo Maria

L’Uso dello Strumento Geometrico detto La Tavoletta Pretoriana, proposto ed ampliato.

In cui si insegna il modo di misurare con questo strumento linee, angoli e piani … e quella del parallelogrammo del Padre Cristoforo Scheiner per disegnare, e trasportare le mappe in qualunque data proporzione.

Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe

1749

Second Edition

In 4° (27 cm), (4), 64, (4), 11 copper plates + 1 folded pl. with the instrument

Binding: Later half vellum, gilt title on spine.

Condition: repair to the frontispiece and to the last plate.

 Very good condition throughout

Riccardi I, 335: “E’ un buon trattatello per quei tempi, sull’uso di questi strumenti agrimensori e grafici”. Sotheran II suppl.,1227. Canterzani, p. 148.

Boffito “Gli Strumenti della Scienza” … p. 101: In Italia il primo libro che tratta esclusivamente della tavoletta pretoriana è quello del geometra bolognese A.M. Ceneri (with 2 ills. plate 46, 47).

In this rare volume, possibly Ceneri’s only published work (Riccardi cites just this title), he describe and illustrates both theorethical and practical aspects of the construction and uses of the plane-table, used for measuring angles in triangulation for mapping etc.

A film reel for a Kinora home cinema viewer, made in England in the early 1900s.

It shows the a HMS Viper, a Torpedo Boat on the water. This was from a British Biograph Film of May 1900.

The reel is complete and in excellent, little used condition. 

The brass centre core is marked Kinora Ltd London and is numbered 94.

It comes with an original cardboard box, which is in good condition and stamped 'Kinora Ltd London'

The Kinora viewer was one the earliest instruments for showing moving images and was invented by the Lumiere Brothers in France. It was patented in England in 1896 and was a domestic version of the Mutoscope (What the Butler Saw) patented in the US by Herman Casler and is a highly sought after vintage optical toy.

Approx Overall Size 4.25ins dia.(11cms).

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A film reel for a Kinora home cinema viewer, made in England in the early 1900s.

It shows a Tugboat buffeted by heavy seas.

The reel is complete and in excellent, little used condition. 

The aluminium centre core is marked Kinora Ltd London and is numbered 78.

It comes with its original cardboard box, which is in poor condition and stamped 'Kinora Ltd London'

The Kinora viewer was one the earliest instruments for showing moving images and was invented by the Lumiere Brothers in France. It was patented in England in 1896 and was a domestic version of the Mutoscope (What the Butler Saw) patented in the US by Herman Casler and is a highly sought after vintage optical toy.

Approx Overall Size 4.25ins dia.(11cms).

Please ask for more details if required. 

Buyer pays actual shipping costs (max including insurance to  UK £8, EU £10, US £15). Please ask for shipping costs to other countries

MLS 1426a

A great planetarium most likely from "J.Felkl - Prague" (the factory name on the globe is no longer available, as in a restored area)

60 various Microscope Slides in various conditions most of them good, on Physiology, Botanic etc., some with the name:  Postgrad. Med. School, the majority of them labelled, in a wooden mahogany case.

70 Histology Microscope Slides unsigned but all numbered, including: Cartilage, Bones section, Muscles, Bone Marrow, Artery and Veins, Thymus, Spleen, Stomach, Liver, Intestine, Kidneys, Bladder, Thyroid, Uterus, Placenta, Mamary Gland etc. (Complete list upon request.) In a cardboard box.

Pocket drawing instruments set signed "Dollond London" shagreen cased from the 18th century. The instruments have a good patina with few oxide traces, mostly on the steel parts. The set consists of:

• a compass with attachments for ink and pencil
• a brass pencil holder with inner iron pin
• a brass socket for the ink and pencil attachments
• an ivory rule

The green shagreen case with silver fittings is really well preserved with just a couple of lack on the bottom. It measures 5" X 1&5/8" X 5/8" circa. The lid has a silver initial plate engraved "E.H.E". 

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An excellent example of an early home movie film viewer 'The Kinora'. This is a deluxe polished mahogany model, made in England in the early 1900s.

The viewer is complete and in good used condition, with a few scuffs and slight damage to the woodwork from wear and tear. 

The polished wood has some areas which are rubbed and a few dents in the base. There is a small sliver of wood missing to the right of the mechanical mechanism.

The mechanism is in perfect working order, but the wooden handle has been replaced with a metal one.

The metal hood has the original painted finish and is marked 'Kinora'. It has some bubbling around the fixing screws as well as a couple of tiny flakes of paint missing.

The condition of both lenses is clean and clear, with no scratches, but there is a very small chip at the edge of the front lens, which is hardly noticeable.

The Kinora viewer was one the earliest instruments for showing moving images and was invented by the Lumiere Brothers in France. It was patented in England in 1896 and was a domestic version of the Mutoscope (What the Butler Saw) patented in the US by Herman Casler and is a highly sought after vintage optical toy.

Approx Overall Size 12.25x10x6.5ins. (31x25x17cms).

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Buyer pays actual shipping costs (max including insurance to  UK £10, EU £20, US £30,). Please ask for shipping costs to other countries.

AMERICAN DENTAL SURGEON COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.

A very nice commemorative in  silver or EPNS ? plaque from the Members of the American Dental Club of Paris (France). With an impressive array of signatures and inscribed

THE MEMBERS OF

THE AMERICAN DENTAL CLUB OF PARIS

With their affectionate veneration

 to

A pioneer American dentist in France

The last remaining Active member

 among the founders of their Club

Their beloved Master in denstistry

WILLIAM SLOCUM DAVENPORT D.D.S. F.A.C.D.

Officier de la Légion d’Honneur

1890          1935

Very good condition. Height: 21.5 cm. Width: 23 cm. Weight: 780 Gr.

Logarithmic Rule (Règle Logarithmique) by Guyard & Canary of Paris, successors to Maison Richer.

Dating from around 1890, this Slide Rule, Log, Sin and Tangent calculator is made of brass with a satin silver plating.

The original instructions are present, but incredibly brittle - one page is already split into 3 pieces.

A hefty instrument, measuring 44cm long, and designed to be used while still in its case.

I don't know if the term "Quack" can be attributed to a barometer, but I think this item was sold as being a sensitive meteorological instrument, whereas it was just a crude device that may have showed variations in atmospheric pressure and temperature.

Whatever !! This item is an attractive addition to any collection of bizarre scientific instruments, and is in fine condition.

The cylinder inside the tower turns freely with a little resistance from a spring. I have not been able to determine genuine variations according to weather conditions, so I am selling it as a curiosity rather than a reliable instrument of measure.

25 cm high

AMERICAN DENTAL SURGEON BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.

A very nice commemorative  bronze plaque by R. Delamarre Paris 1951 from the American Hospital in Paris (France), given by the Members of the Dental Service to Dr. WILLIAM SLOCUM DAVENPORT, Chief Dental Surgeon (1947-1966), Secretary of the Medical Board (1948-1959), Vice President of the Medical Board (1959-1961) and President of the Medical Board (1961-1966).

Mounted on a wooden frame lined with blue velvet, in very good condition.

Total height: 26 cm. Width: 15 cm. Weight: 1.5 Kg.

A BECK Ca. 1870  Microscope in need of TLC, with its mahogany case slightly damaged. Including 2 objectives each with a protective cap (1 and 1/4-inch), 2 oculars, a Leiberkuhn reflector, a camera ludica and some other accessories. The axis for the coarse adjustment is missing but the knobs are present.

A TWO-AXIS CRYSTAL MODEL

to show different symmetry. The two parts rotate along a central axis to display different geometrical pattern.

Possibly walnut, 5.8 cm (2 1/4").

20 WOODEN CRYSTAL MODELS

Average 4-5 cm (1 1/2 - 2") each

Made of walnut

Late 19th century

A 17th century bone Diptych Sundial

made in Nuremberg,carved and colored bone, two brass hooks. The lid decorated with two different flowers in red and blue.

good original condition.

Size closed ca. 42 mm x 26 mm x 9 mm