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Property from a French Private CollectionGUALTERUS ARSENIUS(CIRCA 1530 - CIRCA 1580)SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, LOUVAIN, 1579ASTROLABE signed and dated: Gualterus Gemma Frisij nepos Lovanij 1579engraved brass 29.8cm., 11¾in. Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view the Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportThe Astrolabe has recently been lightly, professionally cleaned, but some slight traces of oxidation remain. One of the original four plates is missing for latitudes 45/48°. A section of strap-work that should run along the left edge of the limb from 10-55° to reconnect with the ecliptic scale in Aquarius is lacking. Two blobs of old solder show where it had once already been reattached before finally being lost. The strap-work arm attachment to the ecliptic at 20° Pisces has also been broken and repaired with silver-solder, which has also broken again, although the strap itself is present. There is minor damage, or metal flaws around the signature beneath the 'v' of 'Lovanij' and beneath the last two numbers of the date, probably a result either of difficulty of engraving them over a flaw, or as a result of later damage necessitating it being re-engraved. The instrument also lacks the rose, needle and cover for the compass inset in the throne as is frequently the case with Arsenius' astrolabes. Otherwise the condition is very good. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The