Planetaria, calendars, and dials

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Planetaria, calendars, and dials

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Planetaria, calendars, and dials

CANDIDASA यन्त्रराज [Yantraraja]

The earliest extant Sanskrit astrolabe

£150,000

By CANDIDASA, 1605.

DONN, B[enjamin] The Analemma Improved by B Donn.

An unrecorded analemma

£9,500

By DONN, B[enjamin], Jany. 1st, 1770.

HERLITZ, David Von dem Cometen oder geschwentzten newen Stern, welcher sich im September dieses 1607.

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Halley’s Comet in 1607

£3,000

By HERLITZ, David, 1607

APIANUS, Petrus [Dragon]

Rare volvelle from Apian’s Astronomicum Caesareum

£18,000

By APIANUS, Petrus, 1540

NAYLOR, Joseph [Sheet entitled:] 'An Astronomicall and Chronologicall Clock,

A previously unrecorded state of a rare promotional broadside for an astronomical clock

£10,000

By NAYLOR, Joseph, [c.1752].

ROSSI, Teodosio Horihomo di Theodosio Rossi da Piperno, per il quale ogni huomo stando al Sole per l'ombra sua propria, ò altra, poul conoscere l'hore tutto l'ano.

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The man as sundial

£7,500

By ROSSI, Teodosio, 1590

SELLER, John and ALLEN, Elias [Sundial].

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The only known example of the only scientific instrument produced by John Seller

£40,000

By SELLER, John and ALLEN, Elias, c.1640].

Time Zones

£750

By WAGNER, Matthäus, 1687

MARTIN, Benjamin A View of the Solar System and Orbit of the Comet, (with its proper Elevation,) which will next return;

The transit of Halley’s comet in 1758

£12,000

By MARTIN, Benjamin, Feb. 24th 1757.

LUCINI, Antonio Francesco Zodiac Obliquo

The only known examples of instruments made for an unpublished quarto edition of ‘Dell’Arcano del Mare’

£12,000

By LUCINI, Antonio Francesco, ?c.1665].

CARRARINO, Antonio Theorica della Compositione dell'Universo et delle cause della Nuova riforma dell'anno

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The Gregorian Calendar

£16,000

By CARRARINO, Antonio, 1582

[Anonymous] Weltuhr

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A Time Zone Toy

£2,200

By [Anonymous], after 1844].