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George Margetts, London
AN EXTREMELY RARE FRAMED ASTRONOMICAL ROTULA CIRCA 1779, NO. 128
• Layered three-dimensional paper with rotational indications inscribed: to the top corners: "A table of the Mean Time, of New Moon in January new stile from 1763, to 1910" to the lower corners: "The New Invented Astronomical Rotula for shewing the rising & setting of the sun, moon and stars, with the time of new moon and full moons and eclipses for 6000 years before or after any year of the 18th century, by George Margetts," along the base the dedication: "To his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, this Astronomical Rotula is by Permission, most humbly dedicated by his Grace's most humble servant" with, beneath this to the left "No. 128" and to the right "George Margetts, No. 12 Ludgate Street," printed at the lower edge of the zodiac ring the engraver: "T. Blake, fculp, No. 53, Shoe Lane, Holborn"
dimensions framed 385mm x 420mm
Estimate
15,000
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25,000
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