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UNKNOWN PUBLISHER 18th 19th Century SEXTANTS ASTRONOMICUS Colored engraving shows
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UNKNOWN PUBLISHER (18th/19th Century) “SEXTANTS ASTRONOMICUS”. Colored...

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Source JAMES D. JULIA, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, USA
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UNKNOWN PUBLISHER (18th/19th Century) “SEXTANTS ASTRONOMICUS”. Colored engraving shows a celestial measuring instrument on a wood base mounted on a stepped platform. The title “Sextants Astronomicus Prout Altitudinibus Infervit”. Signed in the plate “P. V.”. Believed to be an instrument invented by Tycho Brahe in the 16th Century. Housed in...
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