An early monolatitude sundial by Bion, circa 1680
€1,250
Circa
1680
Country of manufacture
France
Description
An octagonal horizontal sundial and monolatitude-type made in brass and bearing the large signature of Nicolas à Bion in Paris. The instrument can be dated to the end of the 17th century, around 1680.
The plate is engraved with a single hour scale for the latitude of 49th, the latitude of Paris. The folding gnomon is beautifully engraved with a leaf decoration.
The original needle works perfectly. The instrument does’t show any restoration. We can note only an old cleaning.
The instrument is kept in a case from the period but which is not its own, a little too large.
Sundial size: 6.9×5.9cm.
An early Butterfield-type fixe-latitude by the famous French maker, Nicolas Bion.
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Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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