CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE by Claude-Siméon PASSEMANT (1702-1769)
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A rare and fine mid 18th century LOUIS XV French Microscope
Circa
after September 7, 1750
Maker
PASSEMANT, Claude-Siméon
Country of manufacture
France
Description
Claude-Siméon PASSEMANT (1702-1769), CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE
Paris after September 1750 (when he got his royal appointment from King Louis XV),
signed on base
„Passemant Ingénieur du Roi au Louvre Paris“ – further the original maker’s label (engraving) in case
PASSEMANT, Ingénieur du Roi pour / les Ouvrages qui donnent une juste mesure du / Temps, et represent les mouvemens celestes avec / la plus grande exactitude; aussi bien que / pour les Microscopes et les Télescopes de / réflexion: au Louvre au dessus / de l’Académie / Francoise / à Paris.“
The microscope made of brass and steel, comes with seven original objectives and various accessories, noting the brass fitted glass micrometer „Un millimetre en 100“ and the Bonanni-table.
Compare:
-Microscope Collection Science Museum London Inventory-No. A601293 (Rue de la Monnoye, not yet optician to the King)
-Microscope Collection Science Museum London Inventory-No. A601286 (same signature as ours)
-Microscope Collection Science Museum London Inventory-No. A67393 (same signature as ours, before Nachet-Collection No. 49)
-The Golub Collection No. 131 (same signature as ours but in block letters)
Literature:
-Mappes, Timo, Bedeutende Mikroskope, Wien 2008
-Bibnum PSL Université Paris (for a good biographical article online)
Provenance:
-Acquired from Auction House Galerie De Chartres, France in 2022
-French Private Collection
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