Lot n° 43
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
ARMILLARY AND PLANETARY SPHERES
- A cardboard... - Lot 43 - Eve
ARMILLARY AND PLANETARY SPHERES
- A cardboard armillary sphere on turned wooden base signed on the globe "Delamarche 12 rue du Jardinet Paris".
Ptolemaic model with the Earth in the center, the tropics and the equator.
Two cardboard disks mounted on rods (one is missing) represent the Moon and the Sun.
The ecliptic circle presents a zodiacal calendar and the portents mention latitudes of cities, some of which are atypical such as the Cape of Good Hope, Cairo, Peking, Mexico City, Ispahan,
Around 1834-1845
Height : 45 cm - Diameter : 30 cm
Accidents on the cardboard and a few missing pieces on the paper.
- A Copernican planetary with a cardboard Tellurium and a turned wooden base bearing the mention " Mounted by the author ".
Work attributed to Delamarche.
The planetarium is in the center of a structure consisting of two circles (solstices and equinoxes) and an ecliptic circle with a zodiacal calendar
In the center the sun (in gilded wood), surrounded by the planets of the solar system as it was known at the time.
Thus are present by cardboard disks mounted on rods Mercury, Venus, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus (or Herschel)
as well as their symbols and revolution times.
Neptune was not yet discovered and does not appear in this planetary.
The Earth - Moon system is mounted in the form of a small tellurium composed of a terrestrial globe surrounded by the Moon and set in motion by two pulleys.
Several rods and planets are missing (only Juno, Uranus, Saturn are present) as well as the Earth sphere and the Moon.
Around 1810-1845
Height : 45 cm - Diameter : 30 cm
Accidents on the cardboard and a few missing pieces on the paper.
The house Delamarche was founded by Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817) who bought the map collection of Robert de Vagondy in 1786.
Over three generations, the house of Delamarche dominated the market throughout the 19th century.
In 1817, Felix Delamarche (1779-1835) succeeded his father and often collaborated with Charles Dien.
He moved to 12 rue du Jardinet in 1834.
The house Delamarche is famous for the precision and the quality of its creations.
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