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A fine, well preserved and uniform pocket bloodletting set of 4 tortoiseel and steel lancettes signed Charrière, all preserved in their original brass silvered engraved case. Everything is well preserved without any damage at the brass, steel or tortoiseshell. Rare in such fine condition. Size of the case : 66×31 mm Read More...

15 Jul

Gregorian Reflection Telescope Signed Navarre In Paris C.1750

By Van Leest Antiques

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An Gregorian Reflection Telescope Signed Navarre In Paris C.1750 Reflection telescope mounted on brass base, signed “Navarre A Paris”. Both mirrors are in good condition, The telescope has a brass with leather objective tube, (l18 cm, Ø 5 cm), with main mirror ( Ø 4,1 cm), second mirror ( Ø 1,1 cm) dust cap. Two compound oculars (l 6 cm, Ø 2 cm) are available with a dust cap. Supported by a bracket above a universal ball joint on a Read More...

25 Jun

Exceptionnal Soleil beam compass in brass measuring 122cm/48 inches lenght, 1820s’

By Le Zograscope

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A really impressive and massive ruler/beam compass for tracing and dividing signed “Soleil rue de l’Odéon 35 à Paris” built in heavy brass and measuring 122 cm or 45 inches lenght. According with the signature we can date the instrument circa 1820s’-1830s’. The very large ruler is divided with two scales 0 to 110 cm and 0 to 105cm. At the back a perpendicular rod with two holes that this dividing instrument was used mounted on a larger and more complexe Read More...

11 May

A French Wedgwood pyrometer or thermometer by Pixii, circa 1820-1830

By Le Zograscope

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Unusual Wedgwood-type pyrometer or thermometer signed “Pixii père et fils Rue de Grenelle St Germain 18 Paris”. The instrument measures 172x64mm and it made in brass/bronze. “Thanks to its simplicity, the pyrometer designed by Josiah Wedgwood c. 1785 enjoyed immense success in the following decades. The need to introduce physics-based measurement systems into chemistry led Wedgwood to take an instrument originally developed by experimental physicists and adapt it to the requirements of the chemical laboratory. The instrument relies on the Read More...

25 Apr

1830s Autographed letter: Dr. Civiale, Marquis de Laplace and Dr. Biett

By M and R Gordon

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A handwritten letter, sent durig the 1830s, by the French urologist Jean Civiale to Laurent-Theodore Biett, an eminent dermatologist of the same era. Civiale invented the lithotrite and performed the first transurethral lithotripsy. This was the first successful minimally-invasive lithotripsy, in that it avoided the opening of the abdomen. What he did, of course, was insert his instrument through the urethra to reduce and crush the stone. He also “founded the first urological service in the world at the Necker Hospital in Read More...

24 Apr

HAND CARVED FOLDING SQUARE / LEVEL / RULE

By TESSERACT

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HAND CARVED FOLDING SQUARE / LEVEL / RULE, French, late 17th / early 18th c. This wooden “square” has hinged 6-3/8″ (16 cm) legs, one pierced and notched for plumb bob and string. The legs are boldly cut with scales of Rhine inches (“Pouces du Rhin”), and of Kings inches (“Pouces de Roy”) from 0 to 6 with subdivisions to twelfths, and with two further linear scales running 0 – 70 and 0 – 80 respectively. Condition is good Read More...

11 Apr

Silver filigree travel hourglass made in France circa 1620/1630.

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Silver filigree travel hourglass made of two openwork cylinders pivoting into one another and allowing the opening and closing of windows revealing the flask. The outer part is made of silver filigree. The inner cylinder is formed of a solid silver sheet with partially erased hallmarks. Inside is a flask made of two cylindrical bulbs in slightly smoked « bubbled » glass and filled with a very fine lead sand of about 50 microns as per the study of “Hourglass of Read More...

05 Mar

2 French statues, allegories of the telegraph and the telephone

By Nautilus Antiques

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2 very nice antique French statues, allegories of the telegraph and the telephone. In great condition, height 42 cm, antimony, I’d say from the first half of 1900’s (most likely ca. 1930’s) In great condition, the pose of the “Telegraph” man suggests to me maybe he was holding something in his raised hand, even if there’s no apparent cracks or other signs in his hand Read More...

25 Feb

FINE HAND-WROUGHT LARGE IRON CALIPERS

By TESSERACT

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FINE IRON OUTSIDE CALIPERS, French, 18th century, measuring 21-1/2″ (55 cm) tall, they feature long three-leaf hinge plates with finely shaped recurved decoration leading to the inward-facing tapered four-sided points. The hinge plates form a full right angle builder¹s square, when open to a scribe mark on the hinge. The hinge itself has beveled rectangle decoration leading to double-S supporters. In fine condition, a wonderful example of early outside calipers, for builder¹s and / or gunner’s use. Read More...

24 Feb

French rule for the construction, engraving and readout of military charts, c. 1800.

By TESSERACT

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IMPORTANT HIGH-PRECISION CHART RULE, French, c. 1800, signed “Ferat a Paris; Depot G’al. de la Guerre 81.” This heavy gilt brass rule, 8-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ (22 x 7 cm), is exquisitely engraved on both sides with reduction scales of equal parts, the scales numbered 4, 5, 6, and 7. Each scale is linearly divided, with transversal scale at the end subdividing the main divisions down to 1/100 or 1/50 part. Designed for the metric system, they are labeled with Read More...

23 Feb

Early Engraved Ironwork

By TESSERACT

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EXCEPTIONAL PARALLEL-JAW CALIPERS, European, c. 1800, signed indistinctly “J. Peilland” (or “J. Peillaud”). These fine worked-steel calipers open by finger pull from 26-7/8″ to 49-3/4″ (68 to 126 cm). The 4″ long jaws thus extend from direct contact to 22-3/4″ (58 cm) separation, which is measured by graduations on both sides of the extended central pull shaft. Both sides are divided every half centimeter, apparently, from 0 to 50. The jaws are precisely fashioned, and their movement is quite Read More...

22 Feb

EXQUISITE “HALF THE KING’S FOOT” RULE

By TESSERACT

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EXQUISITE “HALF THE KING’S FOOT” RULE, French, mid-18th century, signed “Duhamel à Paris.” This folding brass rule opens to 6-7/16″ (16 cm), and is divided on one side with a “Demy Pied De Roy” scale of six early French inches (“pouces”), the terminal inches divided into twelfths of an inch (“Lignes”). Both sides bear the most elegant symmetrical patterns of hand engraving. A lovely rule, in very fine condition, by Jean-Jacques Duhamel father or son. Read More...