An early brass graphometer by Nicolas Bion, c. 1700
€2,000
Circa
1700
Country of manufacture
France
Description
A small brass graphometer measuring 17cm diameter with the important French signature “Nicolas Bion à Parsi”. The instrument is datable circa 1700.
The instrument measures 17 cm in width. It is complete with its balljoint and its foot, its four sight of which two are mounted on a mobile alidade, its original compass and needle.
The half-circle is divided in two times 0-180-0.
The condition is excellent.
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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.
Personnal website : https://www.lezograscope.com/
