An Italian Lusverg-type brass protractor, circa 1700
€500
Circa
1700
Country of manufacture
Other
Description
An brass Italian protractor very similar to the Lusverg-family production with the little additional arm and the scale “Schala” engraved on the lower part of the instrument.
For a very similar example see the large Lusverg set at the Galileo Museum in Firenze : https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/gallery/BoxMathematicalInstrumentsInv243244247.html
Even unsigned, the type of the number and the general shape could confirm the Lusverg production.
The instrument measures 11,8x8cm. Some traces on the brass but generally in excellent condition.
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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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