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Leonhart Miller was a famous
sundial maker who worked in
Nuremberg, Germany, the leading
city for sundial making in the
17th Century. With a viewing hole
for a compass, a pin dial indicating
the length of day, illustrations of
the Zodiac symbols, as well as a dial
for Italian and Babylonian hours and
beautiful decoration, this perfectly
crafted device will give you the time
of day and fits in your pocket! Flash
this gadget at your next meeting and
your blackberry-enslaved colleagues
will be green with envy.
IMMORTALISED DISCOVERIES
These exotic paintings come from some of the world’s greatest
explorers. Whilst Samuel Howitt was a fan of hunting and racing,
John Webber travelled further afield joining the famous Captain
Cook on his third voyage.
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
Uranographia, which means sky-writings in Greek, is a famous
celestial atlas published in Berlin in 1801. Comprising 20 different
plates in total, this comprehensive atlas was the first to show all
of the 15,000 stars visible to the naked eye. It is also the first
atlas to develop the idea of boundaries to the constellations, now
a fundamental concept in the mapping of the sky.
AUCTION
Wednesday 8 April 2009
2.00 pm
VIEWING
Saturday 4 April
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Sunday 5 April
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Monday 6 April
9.00 am – 7.30 pm
Tuesday 7 April
9.00 am – 5.00 pm
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ENQUIRIES
Nicolas Martineau
Head of Sale
nmartineau@christies.com
020 7752 3291 |
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Nathaniel Hill
2 ¾ inch Pocket globe, 1754
£4,000-6,000
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Leonhart Miller
Ivory diptych dial, 1649
£3,000-5,000
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Harper & Brothers
American 7-inch terrestrial globe, 19th century
£8,000-12,000
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John Macculloch
Map of Scotland constructed from original materials obtained under the authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners, London: 1838
Exceedingly rare first edition Geological map of Scotland
£7,000-10,000
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Circle of John Skinner Prout
A view of Port Jackson, looking west from Rose Bay
£3,000-4,000
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Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826)
Uranographia, sive astrorum descriptio
Engraved celestial atlas
£8,000-12,000
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John Whitchurch Bennett (1808-1843)
A Selection of the Most Remarkable and Interesting of the Fishes found on the Coast of Ceylon, London: Edward Bull, 1834
£2,000-3,000
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Australia Map
Stanford, Very large folding map of Australia and New Zealand in five sections in original case
£4,000-6,000
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Samuel Howitt (1756-1822)
Mountain Bengal Tigers
£2,000-3,000
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James Baille
Fraser
(1783-1856)
Views in the
Himala Mountains
£15,000-20,000
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John Webber, R.A. (1751-1793)
Views of the South Seas
£8,000-12,000
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Edward Molyneux
(1866-1913)
Breaking of the
rains over Chakata
from below the
Camel Back,
Mussoorie
£4,000-6,000
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