Mechanical terrestrial globe signed Desnos Paris dated 1782
Mechanical terrestrial globe with the two following cartouches :
- « dédié au Roy par son très humble très obéissant serviteur et fidel sujet Desnos monté par l’auteur »
- « globe terrestre dressé sur les relations les plus nouvelles de Mrs de l’Académie Royale des Sciences par L.C. Desnos qui a fait usage des Découvertes et les voyages du célèbre Cape Cook autour du monde. Se fait et Vend chez Desnos St Jacque St Severin Quartier de la Place Maubert à Paris 1782. Avec privilège du Roy ».
Signed "Desnos Paris" and dated 1782.
Nota :
- museum piece
- few mechanical globes are known in the public collections (some identical at the Arts et Métier Museum, Musée du Temps in Besançon and Palais Royal in Madrid.
Mechanical terrestrial globe signed Desnos Paris dated 1782.
Mechanical terrestrial globe signed Desnos Paris dated 1782
Mechanical terrestrial globe signed Desnos Paris dated 1782.
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