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Auction archive: Lot number 20

A group of eleven copper-plate engravings PLANETARY MACHINES

Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$976 - US$1,394
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$697
Auction archive: Lot number 20

A group of eleven copper-plate engravings PLANETARY MACHINES

Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$976 - US$1,394
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$697
Beschreibung:

A group of eleven copper-plate engravings PLANETARY MACHINES Each engraved by Wilson Lowry for The Cyclopedia and inscribed Published as the Act Directs, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown (except for numbers I and IV which excludes & Brown) Paternoster Row, including a COMETARIUM by W. Jones (numbers I and II); a PLANETARIUM, of the Royal Institution by Mr. Pearson (number X); Janvier's Orrery (number VI); and a Section of the improved ORRERY for mean motions with dates ranging from 1808-17 and framed as two pairs, a group of three and a group of four within blue mounts and glazed frames, each image approximately 20 by 26cm (8 by 10.25 inches) to mount; the group of four with external frame measurements 41 by 135cm (16 by 53 inches).

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A group of eleven copper-plate engravings PLANETARY MACHINES Each engraved by Wilson Lowry for The Cyclopedia and inscribed Published as the Act Directs, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown (except for numbers I and IV which excludes & Brown) Paternoster Row, including a COMETARIUM by W. Jones (numbers I and II); a PLANETARIUM, of the Royal Institution by Mr. Pearson (number X); Janvier's Orrery (number VI); and a Section of the improved ORRERY for mean motions with dates ranging from 1808-17 and framed as two pairs, a group of three and a group of four within blue mounts and glazed frames, each image approximately 20 by 26cm (8 by 10.25 inches) to mount; the group of four with external frame measurements 41 by 135cm (16 by 53 inches).

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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