Accession No

6627

Brief Description

card armillary sphere in kit form (unmade), by Rdo. P. Juan Camp, published by I.G. Seix y Barral Hnos., S. A., Spanish, 1920 (c)

Origin

Spain; Barcelona

Maker

Camp, Rdo. P. Juan Industrias Graficas Seix y Barral Hnos.

Class

astronomy; demonstration

Earliest Date

1920

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

(c)

Material

paper (paper, card)

Dimensions

250mm (width) x 330mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, USA on or before 05/07/2016. Item no. 4 in Tesseract catalogue 103, summer 2016.

Inscription

ESFERA ARMILAR
TRABAJO MANUAL INSTRUCTIVO, DE FACIL CONSTRUCCION PARA LOS ALUMNOS
POR EL
Rdo. P. JUAN CAMP, Escolapio

Description Notes

Card armillary sphere in kit form (unmade), made by Rdo. P. Juan Camp, published by I.G. Seix y Barral Hnos., S. A., Spanish, c. 1920.

Unmade card armillary sphere kit in envelope sleeve. Envelope/sleeve labelled ‘Esfera Armilar’ and shows picture of completed, labelled armillary sphere. 15 parts are labelled on the front. The back of the sleeve lists instructions, all in Spanish, in the centre rectangle. Around this are advertisements for different kits, including the armillary sphere here. Other advertisements are for ‘Ejercicios de Geograpia’, ‘Ejercicios Graficos de Geografia Fisica’, ‘Cuadernos Geograficos’, ‘Graficas de Geografia’, ‘Planisferio mudo’, ‘Esfera Armilar’, ‘El Secreto los Colores (Coleccion de 18 modelos)’, ‘Trabajos mannales y Juegos infantiles’, ‘La Tejedora’, ‘El Bordado de BeBe’, ‘Encuadernacion’, Figuras Geometricas’, ‘Constructor’.

Inside are two lithographed sheets with 15 cut-out pieces (uncut). Printed and coloured on both sides of both sheets.

Contents in good condition, a little yellowed and foxxed. Sleeve in fair condition, much more yellowed, foxxed and a little worn. Sleeve, in particular, is thin and fragile.

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