A high precision Julien Le Roy’s sundial by Jacques Le maire, circa 1735
€8,500
Circa
1735
Country of manufacture
France
Description
A good and early example of the famous Julien le Roy’s large high precision sundial made by Jacques Le maire around 1735.
The dial is signed : “Inventé par Julien Le Roy de la Société des Arts / fait par Jacques Le Maire de la Société des Arts au génie à Paris”.
In 1734, Julien Le Roy, the Louis XV clockmaker, presented a memoir about a high precision dial for reset and regulate watches and clockes where he described a such kind of sundial.
The present dial is of early form, without compass and with the mention “Invented by Julien Le Roy”. Some later examples don’t have this mention and were just signed by Le maire.
A important and famous dial in the history of clockmaking.
The sundial measures 22x17cm for the plate and around 12cm height.
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Dealer information
Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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