Planisphere

Engineer Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805)

Artist Jacques-François Dicquemare (1733-1789)

Inscriptionscartouche, haut: COSMO-PLANE, \ Inventé et Construit au Hâvre de Grace en 1768, \ PAR MR L'ABBÉ DICQUEMARE, \ DEDIE \ A MONSIEUR L'ABBÉ NOLLET \ et exécuté par le S.r Desnos. cartouche, bas: Chez Desnos Ingénieur Géographe pour les \ Globes et Sphères et Libraire de Sa Majesté \ le Roi de Dannemarck. \ Rue Saint Jacques au Globe \ A.P.D.R. [Avec Privilège Du Roi]

Date 1768

Medium / Technique Paper; fibre: papier-mâché; wood; metal: brass

DimensionsHeight: 64 cm (25 3/16 in.) Diameter: 57 cm (22 7/16 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Astronomical T&E

Origin Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe

Object Number1996.3

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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