Details
A late 18th-Century brass reflecting circle,
signed Lenoir á Paris, No. 231, the spoked frame with outer circle with finely engraved scale 0-720, with vernier scale, swing magnifier, adjustable mirror, the inner arc engraved with two scales 0-75 and 0-85, with fitments for shades, the telescope and reflecting mirror on a shaped limb with finely engraved lateral adjustment at the front and the back of the telescope, with mahogany handle and extensive accessories including shades and maker's trade label, with additional and revised address inscribed in ink Cassette No. 14, apres la croix rouge, Faubg.St.Germain, in fitted walnut case -- 12.5/8in. (32cm.) wide
See Colour Plate 4 and detail
signed Lenoir á Paris, No. 231, the spoked frame with outer circle with finely engraved scale 0-720, with vernier scale, swing magnifier, adjustable mirror, the inner arc engraved with two scales 0-75 and 0-85, with fitments for shades, the telescope and reflecting mirror on a shaped limb with finely engraved lateral adjustment at the front and the back of the telescope, with mahogany handle and extensive accessories including shades and maker's trade label, with additional and revised address inscribed in ink Cassette No. 14, apres la croix rouge, Faubg.St.Germain, in fitted walnut case -- 12.5/8in. (32cm.) wide
See Colour Plate 4 and detail