Armillary Sphere, Desnos, Paris, 1757
A Ptolemaic armillary sphere,
1757
by Louis-Charles Desnos (Paris, 1725-1805)
signed and dated twice:
“Se monte et se vend à Paris chez Desnos, rue St Jacque St Severin A Paris 1757”
“Vend aussi toute Sortes D’instruments de Mathematique au Globe”
Mounted on a turned ebonised stand.
42 cm high