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Click here to subscribeBox of cased scientific equipment to include; a cased Carl Zeiss Jena enamelled and polished brass microscope, various boxes of glass sildes, boxed scales, box of weights, instruments; tweezers, specimen knife etc and a Fotogram 10/6 photo-exposure calculator etc.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Nothing in canisters. X 12 lens stuck in wooden block. One lens marked: S. Lens in microscope marked: 2. Compartment containing slide holder and glass squares.
Zubler (Leonhard) Novum Instrumentum Geometricu: Das Ist Kurtzer Unnd Grundtlicher Bericht, Alle Weite, Breite, Höhe, Und Tieffe, Mit Sonderbarem Vortheil Kunstlichen Und Gewiss Auch Von Der Arithmetic Unerfahrnen Abzumessen, Basel, Ludwig König, 1607 bound with Fabrica et usus instrumenti chorographici: Das ist Newe Planimetrische Beschreibung: Wie man mit einem leichten un[d] geringen Instrument alle Stätt Gärten Weyher und Landschafften jedes in sein gewisse Lägerstatt und Proportion auffreissen und verjüngen soll, Basel, Ludwig König, 1607, together 2 works in 1 vol., Gothic letter throughout, both works with titles printed in red and black within engraved architectural border with engraved arms on verso, woodcut initials and decorations, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, occasional light foxing and some soiling, 20th century half vellum, new label to spine, [Tomash & Williams Z11 & Z10; VD17 12:163928Q & 12:163800L], small 4to.⁂ Two of several works by the same author, an Austrian mathematician, instrument maker and goldsmith, on scientific instruments.
NO RESERVE Globes and Scientific instruments.- Stevenson (Edward Luther) Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, 2 vol., plates, endpapers browned, uncut, 1921 § Turner (G.) Storia Delle Scienze: Gli Strumenti, 1991 § van der Krogt (Peter) Globi Neerlandici: The Production of Globes in the Low Countries, 1993 § Clutton (Cecil) and George Daniels, Watches, 1979, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, some rubbed, a few spines slightly frayed at head; and c.50 others, scientific instruments, v.s. (c.55)
An interesting late 17th/early 18th century carved oak box, English, probably Plymouth, circa 1700Originally with a wire-hinged cover, now sliding, and carved with a pair of foliate roundels flanking a pair of opposing hearts and within a dog-tooth border, both long sides carved with a pair of coats of arms, the first those of Plymouth, argent, a saltire vert between four Towers sable, the second with the legend or motto 'IN THE LORD IS ALL OUR TRUST', and with heart spandrels, both ends carved with a compass star with letters to the cardinal points, 25cm wide x 12.5cm deep x 12.5cm high, (9 1/2in wide x 4 1/2in deep x 4 1/2in high)Footnotes:This box bears the coat of arms of the city of Plymouth argent, a saltire vert between four towers sable. The coat of arms in the second roundel is almost certainly meant to be that of the Worshipful Company of Freemasons as it bears their motto, 'In the Lord is all our Trust'. It has been rendered incorrectly, however, with four towers, rather than three, and with a ground hatched to indicate the tincture azure, rather than sable. In all other particulars, however, it strongly resembles the Freemasons' arms, which were sable, on a chevron between three towers argent, a pair of compasses open chevronwise of the first. The compass, with four cardinal points, carved on one of the ends of the box, suggests that it might have been used to hold scientific or nautical instruments.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1854): a woven silk A La Mémoire De J M Jacquard portrait,executed on the Jacquard loom by Carquillat at messers Didier Petit et Cie, Lyon, the known portrait of Jacquard seated in a workshop interior with a model of his loom, loose punch cards, tools and measuring drums arranged on racks behind, with a view of a town through the musket-ball broken window, wide plain margin, lower right with weaver's name, dated below in Roman numerals, in modern frame, 17½in x 13½in (44cm x 34cm) Footnotes:Reference:James Essinger, Jacquard's Web: How a Hand Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age, 2004.See Fine Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments, 19 April 2011, Bonhams, lot 67, for a very similar example.
Ferguson's Astronomy, the 17 folding engraved plates only, [eighth edition, London: J.F. and C. Rivington, 1790], including Ferguson's Orrery, further scientific instruments, the Solar system, etc., contemporary boards rebacked in calf, the upper-cover with contemporary printed paper title-label, slim 4to
Ferguson's Astronomy, the 17 folding engraved plates only, [eighth edition, London: J.F. and C. Rivington, 1790], including Ferguson's Orrery, further scientific instruments, the Solar system, etc., contemporary boards rebacked in calf, the upper-cover with contemporary printed paper title-label, slim 4to
Scientific Instruments - A Gardner & Co Mining dial with two opposing slit and window sights, the silvered face having the four cardinal points and scale divided into 360 degrees. Engraved on the dial plate is 'GARDNER & CO, 53 BUCHANAN ST. GLASGOW. The needle is made of steel the case of brass, in mahogany carrying case, with plaque inscribed ' Presented to Mr Alexr Nielson by a few friends and wellwishers in a token of respect 1874, case 22cm x 19.5cm
ANONYMOUS COURT PAINTER (QIANLONG, DATED 1750-59) ALBUM LEAVES FROM THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD REGULATIONS Twelve rare Chinese paintings, all with inscriptions from the Huang Chao Li Qi Tu Shi (The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Present Dynasty), ink, colour and gilt on silk, eight of the double pages bear an explanatory text about the object on the right page, 41cm x 42.5cm. (10) Provenance: by repute, from the Imperial Library of the Old Summer Palace, Beijing, acquired in 1860 by Captain William Gordon Chalmers (1835-1868) of the 15th Punjabees (Pioneers), later numbered 23rd. Acquired by the father of the current owner c.1950s directly from the family of Captain Chalmers. Captain William Gordon Chalmers was born in Monkshill, Aberdeen in 1835 and became a Lieutenant in the 51st Bengal Native Infantry on the 27th January 1857. In 1860, he served in the Second Opium War at the Taku Forts, Tianjin, and Beijing. Cf. I Clark, For Blessings and Guidance: the Qianlong Emperor's Design for State Sacrificial Vessels, p. 74, fig.35 for another leaf from the Huang Chao Li Qi Tu Shi in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing depicting a deng vessel of the same design. The author also describes this vessel which was used in the Temple to Imperial Ancestors. See also p.187, no.21 for a pair of deng vessels of the same design from the Huaihaitang Collection, no.18R10.11; see The Victoria and Albert Museum, London for similar album leaves, and Christie's Paris, 13th December 2017, lot 108 for related examples recently sold at auction. The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Present Dynasty is a manuscript commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor. It was a major Imperial commission and as many as twenty-seven court painters and calligraphers worked on it between 1750 and 1759 under five editors including Yilu, Wang Youdin and Guanbao. The book is comprised of six parts: musical instruments, scientific equipment, ceremonial vessels, dress, weaponry and insignia. They contain more than thirteen hundred leaves of illustrations and texts explaining the specifications of paraphernalia used in the highly complex state ritual practices. There are many versions of this book but the leaves in this present lot are from the original edition kept at the Wenyuan Pavilion Library of the Old Summer Palace, Beijing.允祿、蔣溥、汪由敦等（清乾隆） 皇朝禮器圖式 十二開冊款識：1. 太廟後殿登圖，太廟後殿登，說見正殿。2. 職官甲二圖，職官甲二，謹按本朝定制職官甲前後及護肩各繡團蟒一裳幅團蟒二倶如職官甲一之制文三品以下驍騎恭領郡君額駙縣君額駙嚮君額駙直省副將以下皆被之。3. 皇帝大駕鹵簿九龍曲蓋圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿九龍曲蓋，謹按崔豹古今注太公因折蓋之形而製曲蓋自漢朝秉與用四，乾隆十三年，欽定大駕鹵簿九龍曲蓋黃緞為之通高一丈二尺二寸，蓋徑五尺，繡彩雲上冠金頂一尺一寸，垂幨三層各深一尺一寸，繡金龍九間以流雲火珠下綴金鈴各十五，旁垂彯帶二長三尺五寸濶二寸五分如蓋色亦繡彩雲綴鈴各三曲柄為木質塗金龍首徑二尺三寸上下攢竹髹朱上長三尺七寸下長五尺二寸圍四寸七分，鐓以銅鋄銀長八分。法架鹵簿九龍曲蓋同。4. 皇帝大駕鹵簿九龍蓋圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿九龍蓋，謹按遼史，儀衛志直柄華蓋乾隆十三年欽定大駕鹵簿九龍蓋黃緞為之直柄餘倶如九龍曲蓋之制法駕。鑾駕鹵簿九龍蓋皆同。5. 皇帝大駕鹵簿翠華蓋圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿翠華蓋，謹按揚雄甘泉賦，咸翠蓋而鸞旂李善注翠羽飾蓋宋元嘉起居注訶羅國奉孔雀蓋一具元史輿服志孔雀蓋朱漆竿首建小蓋蓋頂以孔雀毛徑尺許下垂孔雀毛尾，乾隆十三年，欽定大駕鹵簿翠華蓋綠緞為之通繡孔雀翎旁無彯帶餘倶如九龍曲蓋之制。法駕鹵簿翠華蓋同。6. 皇帝大駕鹵簿五色花改圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿五色花蓋，謹按崔豹古今注，華蓋黃帝所作也與蚩尤戰於逐鹿之野有五色雲氣金枝玉葉於帝上有花蘤之象故因而作華蓋唐書儀衛志花蓋二元史輿服志華蓋制如繖而圓頂隆起赤製繡雜花乾隆十三年，欽定大駕鹵簿五色花蓋五色緞為之各四每間以龍蓋二通繡雜花直柄餘倶如九龍曲蓋之制。法駕騎駕鹵簿五色花蓋皆同。7. 皇帝大駕鹵簿五色龍蓋圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿五色龍蓋，謹按桓譚新論三蓋之屬皆元黃五色乾隆十三年，欽定大駕鹵簿五色龍蓋五色緞為之各二與花蓋相間直柄餘倶如九龍曲蓋之制。法駕鹵簿五色龍蓋同。8. 皇帝大駕鹵簿紫芝蓋圖，皇帝大駕鹵簿紫芝蓋，謹按漢書揚雄傳翳華芝服虔注華芝華蓋也，張衡西京賦芝蓋九葩薛綜注以芝為蓋有九葩之采魏書禮志前驅芝蓋乾隆十三年，欽定大駕鹵簿紫芝蓋緞為之通繡五色芝二十四旁無彯帶餘倶如九龍曲蓋之制。法駕鹵簿紫芝蓋同。9. 皇帝大駕鹵簿方繖圖。皇帝大駕鹵簿方繖圖。10. 皇帝大駕鹵簿五色龍蓋圖。皇帝大駕鹵簿五色龍蓋圖。來源：1950年代由現藏家的父親從Chalmers軍官（1835-1868）處購得。1835年William Gordon Chalmers出生於阿伯丁，1857年1月27日晉升為中尉。縱觀中國文明歷史，有關祭禮的文字記錄最早可以追溯到東周的《周禮》及戰國時期的《禮記》。祭禮在中國文化中一直扮演著重要的角色，其作用為區分地位等級、規範禮制，從而鞏固國家統治。清代乾隆皇帝重視推行禮制改革，並下旨按新規格製作宮廷祭器及大禮用具，這些新的規章制度都記錄在《皇朝禮器圖式》中。《皇朝禮器圖式》是一部冊頁式的圖譜，乾隆十五年（1750）碩親王允祿（1695-1767）、蔣溥（1708-1761）、汪由敦（1692-1758）等禮部、兵部及工部奉敕纂修的記載各種清朝典章制度器物的政書，並與乾隆二十四年（1959）完成。全書共十八卷，分為六大部分：卷一、二為祭器，卷三為儀器，卷四至七為冠服，卷八、九為樂器，卷十至十二位滷簿，卷十三至十八位武備及繁複的清代宮廷祭典需要的各種用具。圖文並茂，共計1300幅圖，每件器物都有詳細尺寸、質地、紋樣以及相應官職品級的對照。全書是清朝皇庭對典章登記制度之嚴謹的直接寫照。此書有乾隆內府彩繪本、手抄本、乾隆三十一年（1766）武英殿刻本，清光緒重印本等。本次上拍的《皇朝禮器圖式》為曾藏於文苑閣內的清宮內府彩繪本中的十二開冊，其它部分散落各處，英國維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館、大英圖書館、愛丁堡博物館及愛爾蘭博物館都有收藏。其中太廟後殿登圖中所描繪的黃地粉彩九龍穿雲紋登在香港中文大學文化館特展《皇朝禮器》中展出，由懷海棠收藏。
A brass horizontal garden sundial, signed Messer London (1789-1827), 9-inch brass dial with engraved hours and minutes scale and with compass star and plain gnomon, 23cm diameter Benjamin Messer was a maker of some repute and made mathematical & scientific instruments, he is recorded working between 1789-1827 in Wapping London . A cluster of six large dings at North otherwise good order, from a private collector in London who stated "in march 2003 this dial was illustrated in 'Clocks' magazine and their sundial expert Christopher ST J.H Daniel, kindly informed me that he believed the dial has been made by Benjamin Messer, who flourished between 1789-1827, working mostly in Wapping London"
An Exceptionally Fine Pantograph by George Adams Senior, English, c. 1765, in mahogany with lacquered brass fittings, inlaid ivory scales, and ivory ball wheels, signed 'G Adams Math.l Inst.t Maker to His Majesty Fleet Street London', complete with accessories in fitted mahogany case with instructions pasted inside lid, case 76.8cm. Notes: the instructions refer to the 'pantographer', the term used by George Adams Senior. This instrument itself is identical to that in the King George III collection in the Science Museum London (illustrated in Morton & Wess), with an identical maker’s signature. In both cases the arms are of mahogany rather than ebony. The only difference between the two is the fulcrum weight, in this example it is the usual lead version rather than the large brass version at the Science Museum. References: Adams, G, A Catalogue of Mathematical, Philosophical and Optical Instruments (1746) no.75; Millburn, J R (2000) Adams of Fleet Street p.105; Morton, A Q & Wess, J A (1993) Public & Private Science – The King George III Collection p.379; Wynter H & Turner, A, (1975) Scientific Instruments Fig.174.
A single owner collection of scientific instruments, to include; A fine quality late Victorian Henry Hughes & Son sextant, in original mahogany box with lenses, with applied paper label to lid printed "The New Observatory, Richmond, Surrey - Certificate of Examination" dated in ink April 1893 and describing the instrument as "The Sextant 3381 of 8 inches radius by H.Hughes & Son, London, divided on Platinum & Gold and reading 10" has been examined .......", together with a fine late 19th/early 20th century Troughton & Simms brass theodolite, No.181 HO 146, in fitted fitted mahogany case with lenses and attachments, a mid 20th century T & S 5" 3-screw theodelite, in fitted mahogany MDS Ltd. case with lenses and attachments, a Cooke, Troughton & Simms theodolite, 2nd quarter 20th century, in fitted mahogany box, an early 20th century Troughton & Simms brass theodolite, in fitted mahogany case, a W.H Harling brass theodolite, stamped "857", an early to mid 20th century theodolite, with lenses and attachments in MDS Ltd fitted mahogany case, a British Military Bubble Sextant MKIXA No.4089/44 (V), with instruction booklet in fitted case, a British Military A,M, Astro Compass MKII 6.A/1174, in original painted wooden box, and a Director No.7 brass artillery theodolite, stamped "H.W.L.343 O.S.1815.G.A.". (10)
ϒ A silver cased verge pocket watch The movement signed for Henry Hindley, York, circa 1750 The gilt full plate fusee movement with four square section baluster pillars, scroll-pierced fusee stop-iron block and verge escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel monometallic balance set beneath fine grotesque mask and foliate scroll engraved and pierced balance cock with faceted diamond endstone and conforming applied infill plate around the silvered regulation disc opposing engraved signature H. Hindley. York 842, with gilt dust cap similarly signed and later circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with gilt spade hands, now in a silver case with suspension post fitted with hinged loop, indistinct marks probably for London 1827, the backplate 3.5cm (1.25ins) dialmeter; the case 4.3cm (1.75ins) diameter, and an Anglo-Indian ivory mounted tortoiseshell display case, Vizagapatam, India, mid to late 19th century, the sandalwood interior with hinged watch-holder faced with fine foliate scroll engraved ivory and with pivoted strut to rear, the exterior modelled as a domed casket applied with figural engraved fretwork oval panel between entwined scroll decorated studded straps within ropetwist border applied with further smaller angle straps to lid, the front sides and rear with further fretwork panels and straps, on small reeded silver coloured metal feet, 11.5cm (4.5ins) long, (2). Henry Hindley was born in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire 1699, little is known about his early life, however by the mid 1720s he was making clocks in Wigan where he repaired the church clock in 1726. Hindley moved with his young family (including his son, Joseph born 1728) to the prosperous city of York where, after making clocks for the Mansion House and Guildhall, he gained his Freedom of the city in 1732. Hindley s talents were such that he equipped his workshop with tools of his own design including an important dividing and wheel cutting engine, a screw cutting lathe and a fusee engine. As well as domestic clocks Hindley received commissions for several turret clocks including York Minster and supplied a range of scientific instruments including two important equatorial telescopes for the Duke of Norfolk and William Constable. By the 1760 s Hindley s health had deteriorated to the extent that an ever increasing proportion of the business was handled by his son Joseph. Henry died in 1771 with his son and successor Joseph unfortunately dying just three years later in 1774, before he had had the opportunity to stamp his own mark on the family firm. Hindley s work demonstrates a highly inventive exacting approach with each clock perhaps varying in some way to its predecessor ensuring constant refinement in design and layout. The quality of the finish of his work is generally exceptional being comparable to the very best London makers of the period which is why many collectors refer to Hindley as the Tompion of the North. The highly decorative and finely executed watch case included in the current lot is a fine example from the Indian Vizagapatam workshops made for the British market during the time of Colonial rule. Stylistically the pierced panels and simulated strap decoration applied to the current lot would date it most likely to the third quarter of the 19th century as earlier pieces tended to be entirely veneered in ivory and often engraved with Neo-Classical motifs. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
ϒVictorian nickel plated brass bound rosewood cased set of drawing instruments Elliott Brothers, London, mid 19th century The interior with deep blue velvet lined lid over fitted lift-out tray containing a selection of nickel plated brass instruments and ivory handled pens beside ivory sector inscribed ELLIOTT BROS, LONDON and ruler engraved with mathematical plotting and protractorscales, the lower compartment containing two boxwood scale rules each stamped ELLIOTT & SONS. 56 STRAND LONDON and a set-square, the exterior of the box with vacant nickel plated brass nameplate and capped corners to top over conforming strap reinforcements to angles and key escutcheon to front, 35.5cm (14ins approx.) wide. Elliott Brothers are recorded by Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as succeeding William Elliott and Sons at 56 The Strand, London in 1853 ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
A rare oak cased mercury and glycerine long range barometer Negretti and Zambra, London, circa 1885 The ceramic scale inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, GLYCERINE & MERCURY, LONG RANGE BAROMETER to upper margin over visible glycerine filled tube and scale calibrated in reverse from 28 to 31 inches amplified over a distance of 25.5 inches divided into hundredths and with weather observations, the lower section with hipped panel applied with a mercury Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer set within ogee moulded frame with cavetto moulded pediment and canted skirt base, 108cm (42.5ins) high. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century. The current lot was devised in around 1880 by Negretti and Zambra and is essentially constructed as a mercury and glycerine double-tube or contra-barometer but with only the glycerine filled section visible. Inside the case is a sealed mercury syphon tube of larger bore with the second visible glycerine filled (narrower-bore) column formed as an extension to the concealed open end of the mercury syphon. The unequal capacities of the two tubes together with the difference in specific gravity of mercury and glycerine results in a substantial amplification of the scale allowing the level to be read to one-hundredth of an inch without a Vernier.
A fine Victorian oxidised brass Newman type mercury station barometer Negretti and Zambra, London, circa 1870 Constructed with two square section uprights joined at the top with a D-shaped section inset with silvered plate engraved Negretti & Zambra, 1 Hatton Garden, 122 Regent Street, 59 Cornhill, 153 Fleet Street, LONDON over central tube flanked by silvered scales calibrated in millimetres and barometric inches with rack and pinion adjusted Vernier slide between, the base with substantial cylindrical cistern incorporating glazed collar between screw-clamped collars to upper section, the instrument suspended via pivoted joint from a scroll-cast bracket with conforming steady bracket to base inside a glazed mirror-backed wall case with hinged front door secured by brass thumb catches, (mercury removed), 128.5cm (50.625ins) high. Provenance: The interior of the case is applied with a paper label typed BAROMETER, Presented by, HERMAN BICKNELL, January 1873. Herman Bicknell was a surgeon, orientalist, linguist and an intrepid traveller and he was one of the first Englishman to penetrate Mecca as detailed in his account published in The Times of August 25th 1862. The general form of the current instrument was derived by John Frederick Newman who is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 122 Regent Street, London 1827-62. Banfield states that Newman made standard and portable barometers for the Ross Antarctic Expedition and his meteorological station barometers were installed throughout the British Empire. Newman barometers of this design usually incorporated movable scales to allow calibration against the mercury level in the cistern which may vary very slightly with changes in temperature. Newman’s business was taken over by Negretti & Zambra in 1862 who Banfield records as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century.
A fine George II lacquered brass, shagreen, and lignum vitae Culpeper double-reflecting compound microscope Edmund Culpeper, London, circa 1730 With sliding brass shutter to eyepiece threaded into ogee shaped moulded lignum vitae top section above gilt-tooled green vellum covered draw-tube with inked focus staging lines sliding into a brass and lignum collared green rayskin outer tube and fitted with long tapered brass tube objective lens to lower section, the whole raised on three fine baluster turned supports with circular stage fitted with a slider clamp to central oculus and pivoted light condenser lens, the lower section with three further taller brass canted baluster supports over circular ogee moulded base fitted with pivoted concave mirror to the concentric ring decorated top surface, in original oak pyramidal box with an apron drawer containing frog plate, two additional objectives, five bone sliders and canister for glasses and brass wire retainers, a circular glass fish plate engraved with three concentric lines and signed Culpeper Fecit within brass outer rim and other items, the interior back panel applied with crossed daggers and instrument trade label inscribed E. Culpeper Sculp. London to lower left, (eyepiece holder incomplete, box lacking most of its mouldings and door lock) the instrument 36cm (14.25ins) high closed; the box 44.5cm (17.5ins) high excluding later ring handle. Edmund Culpeper is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working 1700-37. He adopted the Crossed Daggers motif of his former master Walter Hayes to whom he was apprenticed in 1684. In 1706 Culpeper took over Hayes' shop located at ‘The Crossed Daggers’ in Moorfields London, later moving to the ‘Black & White House’ in Middle Moorfields in 1731 and finally ‘Under the Piazza’ at the Royal Exchange, London, where he is believed to have remained until his death in around 1740. The Culpeper trade card shows instruments made by his firm, these included surveying devices, quadrants, sundials, globes, and optical instruments such as the screw-barrel microscope and spectacles. Culpeper invented the tripod compound microscope sometime between 1725 and 1730, and made at least five major modifications in the years before his death. All models consisted essentially of two platforms, each supported by three turned brass pillars, with one set of pillars alternating in position with the other. The first model had platforms of wood. All later models, including the current lot, had brass platforms. Attached to the upper platform is a tube covered in stained shagreen. The microscope body draw tube, made from vellum covered cardboard, fits within the outer support tube. Focussing is accomplished by pushing the body tube up or down, with the position being maintained by friction between the vellum covering of the draw-tube and the inner surface of the support tube. There are also inked lines drawn on the body tube corresponding to the parfocal position of different objectives. The current instrument has survived in fine original unrestored condition having been in the same family ownership for as long as anyone can remember. It also retains almost all of its accessories which include a glass fishplate scratch-engraved with Culpeper’s signature.
A mahogany cased barograph Wilson, Warden and Company Limited, London, late 19th century The lacquered brass mechanism incorporating seven segment aneroid chamber and system of levers for recording the change in barometric pressure via an inked pointer onto an appropriately scaled paper wrapped around the rotating clockwork driven recording drum, the baseplate fitted with calibration screw and stamped WILSON, WARDEN & Co. LTD, LONDON., No. 2617/28/53 to front edge, contained beneath hinged mahogany cover with japanned metal carrying handle to top and incorporating glazed apertures to front and left hand side, the integral base with spare pointer drawer to right hand side and squab feet, 31cm (12.25ins) long. Wilson Warden and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in London circa 1880-1900. They are also recorded in the online records of GRACE’S GUIDE as working from 28-30 Pear Tree Street, Goswell Road, London, EC1 and exhibited at the 1929 British Industries Fair (stand no. J24) where they are described as ‘Manufacturers of Aneroid Barometers (Pendant, Nautical and Surveying types), Barographs, Thermographs, Hydrographs, Recording, and Scientific Instruments. Wood Cases for Timepieces, Grandfather and Grandmother, chiming and striking clocks of every description’.
Mathematical & scientific instruments.- Trade catalogue.- Heath (Thomas) A Catalogue of Mathematical, Philosophical, and Optical Instruments as made and sold by Thomas Heath and Tycho Wing, near the Savoy-Gate, in the Strand, London, water-stained, disbound, unrecorded, 8vo, no printer, 1771.
Pedro de Murillo Velarde (1696-1753), engraved map - ‘ Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica delas Yslas Filipinas Dedicada al Rey Nuestro Señor Por el Mariscal d Campo D. Fernando Valdes Tamon Cavallº del Orden de Santiago de Govor. y Capn. General de dichas Yslas‘, ( The Murillo Velarde Map), engraved by Nicolás de la Cruz Bagay, published Manilla 1734, title cartouche at the top with the Royal Bourbon coat of arms, supported by two cherubs with trumpets, the title on a cloth held by two female allegorical figures bearing charts and instruments for navigation. A further ornate cartouche below, surmounted by a crowned lion wielding a sword and a candle, contains a brief history of the archipelago starting with Magellan's arrival and death in 1521, a description of the resources: ‘These islands are numerous and rich: they have gold, wax, sugar, honey, tobacco, ginger, indigo, Brazil wood (sibucao), pitch, rice, salt, wheat, maize, lemons, oranges, bananas and many fruits and edible roots, palo Maria, tamarind, cassia-trees, Catbalogan seeds, dragon blood, lignum vitae, coconuts, bamboos, rattan and many kinds of palms, mahogany, tindalo and excellent timber for ships: horse, caraboas or buffaloes, cows, pigs, deer, chickens and much fish.’ There follows a description of the settlements, peoples, clergy and administration, all above an engraving of his ship the Victoria. The map is dissected and re-mounted on linen, 111cm x 120cm, early pen inscription verso - ‘map of the Philippine Islands’, folding map in later slip case. An extremely rare map and believed to be one of only around 15 extant examples of this first edition - the majority in International Institutions, and not all examples retain the flanking vignettes. Cited as the first scientific map of the Philippines and considered the most important Philippines map, it is celebrated for its detail and accuracy, it features shipping routes for trade with China and charts the course of Magellan’s navigations. The map features twelve flanking vignettes encapsulating the essence of the Philippines, depicting different ethnic groups, customs, flora and fauna, also featured are miniature maps of Guajan (Guam), Manila, Samboangan and Cavite , all extensively annotated. The map influenced all subsequent Philippine maps for decades to follow but its influence was also notable on European maps. In recent times The Murillo Velarde map has been instrumental in the Philippines' efforts to assert territorial rights in the South China Sea. The map, together with others was used by the Philippines' team of experts to refute China's historic claim of ownership of the entire South China Sea. It features ‘Panacot’ (Scarborough Shoal) as well as ‘Los Bajos de Paragua’ (Spratly Isles). In 2016 the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of the Philippines stating that China had "no historical rights". China however, rejected the ruling. Provenance: Purchased from the map dealer Susanna Fisher, 1986 for £4,500. She had acquired the map from a trade source some years before and prior to that the map was believed to have been in private hands in the U.K. She states in correspondence that the ancient pen inscription in English to the reverse suggests that this map has been in the U.K. for a very long period of time,Condition report: Each corner has evidence of drawing pin holes with associated damage / slight losses, tear to the paper top left corner (prior to mounting on canvas), generally some staining towards periphery of each panel, particularly to central panels, and slight losses at margins of certain panels, conservation repairs and patching to canvas (patching at several of the folds) tonally the paper and ink is consistent throughout, some small tears at folds of canvas, generally some time staining and deterioration commensurate with age, no severe damages. Overall colour is yellowed somewhat but largely consistent throughout, some repair to canvas particularly at folds, detrioration to outer edges of each panel, staining to outer edges particulate to central two rows. Most of the maps is in good mostly original condition almost all of the printed element present, More specifically - Left row, top panel: damage and small losses top left corner, a tear runs diagonal from side upwards above printed element, stains at periphery, small tears at left side Left row, second panel: stains lower right, top right corner and lower edge, minor marks left row, third panel:small losses top left corner, minor deterioration upper edge, stains top right corner left row, fourth panel:some staining to corners, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner l;eft row, Fifth panel:slight loss top left corner, couple of fox masks, brown stain far right in map section, stain top right corner, small tear to canvas beyond lower right corner Left row, sixth panel: Some damage and small losses to printed element lower left corner, staining to left edge, Second row, top panel:stains left and right edges, canvas repair beyond top left corner, canvas tear beyond lower right corner, stains Second row, second panel: staining to corners, small tear to can vas beyond lower right corner Second row, third panel:staining to corners Second row, fourth panel: staining to corners, small tear beyond lower right corner, Second row, Fifth panel: staining and some slight deterioration to corners, small tear to canvas beyond lower right corner, Second row, sixth panel: some slight losses/deterioration lower right corner/ top right corner, brown staining around area of ship-Victoria Third row, top panel:some deterioration slight losses to corners, staining to corners, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner Third row, second panel:staining to corners, minor blemishes Third row, third panel: staining to corners, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner, Third row, fourth panel: minor stains lower right corner, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner Third row, Fifth panel: minor staining to periphery, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner, Third row, sixth panel:staining to left edge, top right corner, detrioration to lower left corner Right row, top panel: some small losses top right corner, bottom right corner, and deterioration lower edge, staining to periphery Right row, second panel: minor staining to right edge, minor blemishes, Right row, third panel:minor staining to right edge, Right row, fourth panel:staining to right edge, element here above the image top edge is a separate piece of paper and slightly misaligned, continues horizontally across the map, presume this is reflecting how the map was printed and presented before division and mounting rather than a replaced element. Right row, Fifth panel:staining right edge, slight losses lower right corner, repair to canvas beyond lower right corner, Right row, sixth panel: staining slight damage left edge, losses lower right corner, slight loss top left corner, blemishes
A Pair of George III Silver Spectacles, maker's mark IS incuse, London, 1792, with oval lenses and double hinged Ayscough-type arms, engraved with initials 'DE', in conforming shagreen spectacle case, with manuscript note describing the present glasses as 'Mrs Dodsons Eldred's', the case 13.5cm wide The present glasses may have belonged to Dinah Jarvis (1742-1821) of Overshot Mill, Middlesex. She married, in 1762, Dodson Eldred (1737-1816) and with him had 10 children. The Eldred family claimed to be connected to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and indeed their eldest son Edward Jarvis Eldred (1763-1847) himself went to America in 1798. James Ayscough (d.1759) was an optician as well as a being known as a maker of other scientific instruments. He is credited with the introduction of double hinged arms on spectacles such as the present pair. He is also thought to have created the idea of sunglasses through his use of tinted lenses.
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