COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Delamarche, Charles Francois
Date:
1810
Short Title:
Copernican Armillary Sphere. View 2.
Publisher:
Charles Delamarche
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Armillary Sphere
Type:
Globe
Obj Height cm:
54
Obj Width cm:
30
Note:
Date is estimated. Central gold painted sunball, and metal armature with driving band to a small 20 mm diameter earth ball, with paper gores, four wooden circles presenting the courses of Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Venus. The internal orrery set inside Equinox and solstice meridians, with engraved papered scales and zodiacal figures. Mounted on an ebonized wooden stand, with turned central pillar and base. Delamarche was the likely maker of this armillary sphere, although it is not signed so it might have been made by members of his "school." Delamarche was one of the first to make globes and armillary spheres for the general public, using affordable materials.
Reference:
Dekker and van de Krogt, Globes from the Western World, p. 62; Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, pp171-173.
World Area:
World
Full Title:
Copernican Armillary Sphere. View 2.
List No:
10270.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Delamarche, Charles Francois
Pub Date:
1810
Pub Title:
Copernican Armillary Sphere.
Pub List No:
10270.000
Pub Type:
Armillary Sphere
Pub Type:
Globe
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
30
Image No:
10270002.jp2
Authors:
Delamarche, Charles Francois
