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914 - Copernican rotating armillary sphere. Paris (?) end 19th c. Brass and iron, total height 41 cm, sphere 25 cm (bodies of the Earth and of the Moon and carboard slices of most planets missing). Mounted on a central wooden, black painted base (restauration at the top of the base). Hand rotating French armillary sphere with the small fragile cardboard slices figuring the planets Mercurius, Venus and Neptunus which are mostly missing.
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€400 - 600Sale fees
Copernican rotating armillary sphere. Paris (?) end 19th c. Brass and iron, total height 41 cm, sphere 25 cm (bodies of the Earth and of the Moon and carboard slices of most planets missing). Mounted on a central wooden, black painted base (restauration at the top of the base). Hand rotating French armillary sphere with the small fragile cardboard slices figuring the planets Mercurius, Venus and Neptunus which are mostly missing.
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