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Large brass equinoctial ring dial with Arabic inscriptions signed Petrus Hilten fecit Vienna made circa 1720.

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Large brass equinoctial ring dial with two rings and wide central bridge with slider. It is fitted with a mobile throne topped by a ring. In addition to the usual numerals, it contains rare inscriptions in Arabic (probably for the Ottoman market). The ends and both sides of the central bridge are engraved with an exceptional scroll and checkerboard pattern typical of the 1720’s. In the centre of each of these patterns is a medallion bearing the signature: “Petrus” and Read More...

12 Sep

Antique study model of a electric telegraph, Merkelbach Amsterdam

By Early Science

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Antique study model of a electric telegraph, Merkelbach Amsterdam In working condition with the original signal key,Dimensions of telegraph base plate 24 x 11 cm,base plate signal key 16 x 7 cm.The Merkelbach Amsterdam company was founded in 1870. Read More...

23 Aug

Jacob Huysen Cuff-type microscope, end 18th century

By Van Leest Antiques

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A Cuff-Type compound microscope attributed to Jacob Huysen, Dutch, third quarter 18th Century. This is a brass compound microscope with a rectangular pillar (19x9mm), mounted on a purple velvet-lined wooden box. The inside drawer is oak, the box itself is mahogany, and comes with original key. Optics consist of three lens systems: The objective lens, field lens, and eyepiece (consisting of two lenses). The instrument comes with 10 objectives, which are distinguished in two groups and marked in various Read More...

06 Aug

Faustino Paluzie terrestrial puzzle globe c. 1880

By Van Leest Antiques

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GLOBO TERRESTRIAL EN PIEZAS PARA STATEMENT Y RECREO DE LOS NIÃ‘OS Don Faustino Paluzie, Barcelona, c. 1880, globe in wood and paper polychrome painted, wooden turned black, box wooden base covered in printed paper. Very rare removable globe, 22 parts including 2 polar caps with foot and mount wooden horizontal division in the form of 6 washers themselves divided vertically into 4 or 6 sections triangular. Each face is covered with printed paper, every continent is briefly presented and Read More...

05 Aug

An early and unsual Dutch Backstaff with additionnal lines, Holland, first half of the 18th century

By Le Zograscope

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Early and rare Dutch model of a Davis Quarter, the most widely used navigational instrument during the 17th and 18th centuries. It is made of ebony, boxwood, and bone inlay. The instrument combines a large arc of 60° and a small arc of 30°, for a total of 90°. Three hammers allow the sun’s altitude to be measured by reflecting the sun’s image on the largest of the three hammers (missing here). In addition, on the back of the 60° arc, this Read More...

21 Jul

Ludwig Joseph Melicher (1816–1871), an important collection of manuscripts and books on orthopedics and therapeutic gymnastics.

By WissenschaftlichesKabinet

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A collection from his possession, partly written and drawn by him. Included are: 2 original pencil drawings depicting the interior of the Institute for Therapeutic Gymnastics (orthopedic treatment facility) founded in 1852, 1 handwritten protocol of the above-mentioned institute from 1858–1860 with the names of the patients, 1 manuscript by Melicher: Handbook of Orthopedics and Therapeutic Gymnastics, 1 handwritten annual report of the “II. Surgical Department of the Imperial and Royal General Hospital” regarding patients treated in 1844, 6 Read More...

21 Jul

Malformation of Dr. Johann Heinrich Wojaczek’s chest, the personal travel note book of Mr. Wojaczek with autographs of doctors.

By WissenschaftlichesKabinet

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Malformation of the chest”: Dr. Wojaczek from Vienna who is a native of Oslavau in Moravia and aged about 23 is the subject of a peculiar malformation of the chest which has been examined by eminent medical men at the different universities and medical schools of Europe. This gentleman was introduced by Dr. Alexander Simpson and submitted himself for examination by the members of the Medico Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh. In front the chest presents in the middle at Read More...

21 Jul

Austrian Miners – a 19th century Biedermeier painting by Josef Ginovszky – Leoben

By WissenschaftlichesKabinet

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Josef Ginovszky (4. 4. 1800 in Töltzek near Eperies Hungary – 7. 5. 1857 in Leoben, Styria Austria) studied at the Acadamy of Fine Arts Vienna, painted in Vienna and Leoben, mainly Genre, Hunting, and Mining Scenes. Oil on wood, c. 25 x 17,5 cm, signed lower right “Ginovszky”, in the original gilt wood frame with carved hammer and pick sign on top; the frame with maker’s label “Franz Jeschke / Vergolder / wohnt auf der Wieden Waaggasse No 487 / in Read More...

20 Jul

Antique brass microscope by Carl Reichert with rare illumination system, 1898.

By Beautiful Old England

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An antique brass microscope with an integral transmitted illumination system by Carl Reichert engraved ‘C. REICHERT WIEN VIII Bennogasse 26’ in Vienna Austria and with the serial number ‘12586’ allowing us to date the microscope to 1898. It has a twin objective turret with twin coarse focus and single fine focus controls and a focussing condenser, there is a field lens and filter carrier on top of the light box which in turn holds a primitive transformer system and Read More...

09 Jul

The invention of astronomical ring by Gemma Frisius 1534-1539

By Le Zograscope

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APIAN (Peter Bennewitz, dit), Petri Apiani Cosmographia, per Gemmam Phrysium, apud Louanienses medicum ac mathematicum insignem restituta…, Anvers, Arnold Birckmann, 1539. Small 4to of LXI, (1) leaves ; ontemporary vellum (endpapers renewed, copy restored to its original binding? Top and bottom margins of the title page and bottom margin of the last leaf restored, without affecting the text, ff. IV and LVII remargined; scattered foxing on a few leaves). The invention of the astronomical ring by Gemma Frisius – First edition, Read More...

02 Jul

FABERGE SILVER SPECTACLES CASE by HENRIK WIGSTROM bought from CHRISTIES, 1908 / 17

By Opticalworld

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I BOUGHT THIS FROM CHRISTIES DEC 2009 , I PAID OVER £9000 FOR IT. copy invoice supplied with case. IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SPRING CLOSURE WORKING WELL, IT IS HALLMARKED, FABERGE, HENRIK WIGSTROM 88 STANDARD, ST. PETERSBURG .1908/17 REEDED SURFACE WITH CABOUCHON SAPHIRE THUMB PEICE, SPOT HAMMERED INTERIOR SURFACES. IT IS IN MY BOOK ON SPECTACLE CASES , PAGE 82 , A COPY OF MY BOOK WILL COME WITH CASE. Read More...

19 Jun

Miniature red cardboard hourglass made in Italy circa 1650

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Miniature red cardboard hourglass made in Italy circa 1650. Very small hourglass made of a frame consisting of two circular cardboard end-pieces held together by five straight metallic pillars coated with vegetable fibers tinted vermilion. One of the end-pieces is covered with a used fabric and painted in vermilion colour, the other lost its fabric and reveals the mounting principle of the twisted silver wires surrounding the pillars of the hourglass and used as a frieze for one of the Read More...