Lot 38
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An extremely fine late 18th-Century silver Butterfield-pattern compass sundial,
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An extremely fine late 18th-Century silver Butterfield-pattern compass sundial,

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An extremely fine late 18th-Century silver Butterfield-pattern compass sundial,
signed on the upper surface of the horizontal plate N. BION A PARIS, with hour graduations for latitudes 40°, 45° and 50°, V-XII, I-VII, 4-12, 1-8 and IIII-XII, I-VIII respectively, with quarter-hour divisions, the latitude arc graduated 40°-60°, with scroll decoration and bird-shaped gnomon support, the compass box with blued-iron needle with brass cap, the underside with the names and latitudes of thirty continental cities and towns, in the original fitted, marbled paper-lined leather-covered card case, the interior of the lid applied with paper with manuscript notes in German referring to Bion's dates, the owner, and when the instrument was purchased (Hamburg, 1.25. Dez. 1924) -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) wide

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TABLE OF LATITUDES
Copenhague 56
Hambourg 54
LaRochelle 47
Francfort 50
St Malo 48
Toulon 42
Genes 44
Tours 47
Lille 50 Brest 48
Paris 49 Rome 42
Venise 45 Basle 48
Madrid 41 Naples 41
Varsouie 52 Bayonne 44
Barcelonne 40 Amsterdam 52
Strasbourg 49 Bourdeaux 45
Marseille 42 Bruxelle 51
Londres 52 Toulouse 43
Vienne 49 Milan 44
Lion 46 Turin 44

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