Accession No

6066

Brief Description

pair of paper orreries (orrery / planetarium), by Mlle Ginot Desroys, French, c. 1820

Origin

France; Paris; Libraire Quai des Augustins; N°25

Maker

Mlle Ginot Desroys Audin [publisher]

Class

astronomy

Earliest Date

1820

Latest Date

1820

Inscription Date

Material

cardboard; paper; string; metal

Dimensions

299mm x 299mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, U.S.A., on or before 17/02/2006. Tesseract catalogue 81 Winter 2005/2006.

Inscription

“A Paris, chez Audin Libraire Quai des Augustins, N°25. Par Mlle Ginot Desroy [one reads D’Eroys]”

Description Notes

Pair of paper orreries (orrery / planetarium), showing geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system, by Mlle Ginot Desroys, published by Audin, French, c. 1820.

Both orreries appear hand-made, using printed sheets for the calendrical / zodiac scale.

“Planetaire Géocentrique”
6 blue paper volvelles carrying symbols for Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. At the centre is the Earth with a crude stereographic projection. 12 strings run from the centre to an outer zodiac scale labelled by house [L’Écrevise for Cancer] , numbered by 5, divided by 1, the houses are hand coloured in alternating yellow, green, pink. Outer calendar scale labelled by month, numbered by 5, divided by day, also hand-coloured in alternating yellow, green, pink.

“Planetaire Héliocentrique”
6 blue paper volvelles carrying images of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, Mars, Jupiter with 4 satellites, Saturn with 5 satellites. 12 strings run from the centre to an outer zodiac scale labelled by house [L’Écrevise for Cancer] , numbered by 5, divided by 1, the houses are hand coloured in alternating yellow, green, uncoloured.

Condition: good, noting old water damage and slight staining; complete

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