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Period: Late 19th Century
19th Century French Émile Deyrolle Anatomical Lithograph Poster
Located in London, GB
Émile Deyrolle Anatomical poster A wonderfully rare and decorative curio medical French (Paris) original lithograph on board anatomical poster in ...
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French Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper

Antique Victorian Brass Scottish Agate Postal Scale Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Agate, Brass

French 19th Century Black Forest Barometer
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 19th century black forest barometer.
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French Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

A poket sextant signed Stanley, London 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A travel nautical instrument, sextant, to determine the ship’s position. The cover became the base of it. Signed Stanley, London, England circa 1890.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted and Gilt Barometer Thermometer
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway or library with this striking antique French barometer and thermometer, crafted circa 1880. Carved in wood and hand-painted in a vivid palette of faux-malachite,...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

Boxwood Tailor s and Dressmaker s Square by John T Johnson of Birmingham
Located in London, GB
A boxwood 24 x 18 inch tailor's and dressmaker's square, by John T Johnson of Birmingham, circa 1900. Marked: JOHN T. JOHNSON - UNION PASSAGE. BIRMm.
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Boxwood

Antique Apothecary Mortar and Pestle, English, Bronze, Beech, Chemist, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary mortar and pestle. An English, bronze and beech chemist's aid, dating to the Victorian period and later, ci...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Italian or German anatomical bust.
Located in Lugo, IT
Italian or German anatomical bust. The profile photos are without organs. The measurements refer to the wooden base. The conditions are as per the phot...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Gesso, Wood

19th Century Ships Compass From Amsterdam
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ships compass with interesting Dutch lettering. Spun brass bowl with gimbal. Fitted to a primitive dovetailed box. Circa 1880. With compas...
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European Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century thermometer in original case
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century thermometer in original case circa 1890. Fine quality thermometer which measures between -45 degrees centigrade and +50. In fully working condition, complete in its ori...
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Swedish Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Paper

Set of W T Avery 10 LB Bankers Balance Scales and Weights
Located in London, by appointment only
Magnificent set of very large bankers 10lb balance scales together with a contemporary set of stamped W T Avery weights 7, 4, 2, 1 lb. Fully restored, po...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Horizontal Bronze Sundial After Erasmus Habermel
Located in Madrid, ES
Fine 19th-century horizontal sundial, crafted in bronze, inspired by the designs of Erasmus Habermel (ca. 1538–1606, Prague), one of the most celebrated instrument makers of the lat...
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large, Antique Telescope Tripod, English, Pine, Observatory, Rack, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large, antique telescope tripod. An English, pine observatory rack dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900. Original painted ...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Pine

19th Century Frankstein Wall Art Throw Switch Slate Brass New Haven Mfg Co
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Bolt it on the wall for decor on set on a table for conversation. A large example by New Haven Manufacturing Co. of Connecticut, c.1890s. L 14.5 x W 5.5 x Thk 3 in
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American Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Slate, Brass

Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Syringa vulgaris N. 37 (Uleaceae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the flo...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Sterling Silver Folding Opera Glasses - Antique Victorian (1895)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of sterling silver folding opera glasses; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection. These exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver folding opera glasses have a circular form with a plain rectangular bridge. The eye pieces and lenses are encompassed with plain circular frames, conjoined with swept bridges. Each pair of lenses are hinged to a plain frame ornamented with the numerals 1 to 5, accented with a sliding focus dial. The central frame is further embellished with a hinged fingerpiece, accented with a lobed terminal. Such impressive and high quality examples are rare to the market. Condition: These antique Victorian opera glasses...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Sterling Silver

Folding Boxwood Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market. With folding heel rest and slinging toe marker, with brass hinge. Paris point shoe...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Boxwood

Large copper brass funnel
Located in London, GB
A large late 19th century copper and brass funnel. From Wiltshire County, England.
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English Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Copper

Large copper 
brass funnel
Large copper 
brass funnel
$601 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch Carved Wooden Barometer with Horse Motif by Gebroeders Caminada, Rotterdam
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Dutch carved wooden barometer from the late 19th century, with horse motif, signed by Gebroeders Caminada, Rotterdam. Hand carved in the Netherlands...
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Dutch Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Wood

Small herbalist pharmacy wooden jars, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two small wooden herbalist's apothecary vases (Althaea flowers, Ginko leaves) in the purest neoclassical style. The surface is finished with cream-white pastiglia with saffron...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Rare anatomical model: an external and inner ear, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a separable external and internal ear, complete in all its parts, made of plaster and painted paper mache, metal hooks. ...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Giltwood Thermometer Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style set comprising a thermometer and a perpetual calendar attributed to F. Linke. Each consisting of a metal plaque, painted with floral motifs on a beige backgro...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Sheet Metal

19th Century German Anatomical Didactic Abdominal Pelvis Model attr. to Sommer
By Marcus Sommer
Located in London, GB
Antique Anatomical Model, Medical Antique, Anatomical Antique, Vintage Anatomical Model, Antique Cabinet of Curiosities, Gothic Antique, Anatomical Sculpture. Antique 19th Century G...
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German Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster, Paint, Paper

Apothecary precision scale, travelling set, France 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Precision travel scale, pharmaceutical use. The box is made of oak wood. The scale can be completely disassembled and positioned inside the drawer. A lever allows you to lift the pla...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

19th Century Compass and Sundial Together
Located in Miami, FL
19th century compass and sundial together.
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French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Industrial Design Science Vintage Black Cast Iron Dentist Machine 19th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
19th Century Industrial design black cast iron dentist machine circa 1890 Austria. Museums worthy best Industrial design dentist machine from black cast iron body and brass details ...
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Austrian Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Iron

Small herbalist pharmacy wooden jars, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two small wooden herbalist's apothecary vases (Thistle flowers, Myrtle berries) in the purest neoclassical style. The surface is finished with cream-white pastiglia with saffr...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

19th Century, Compass and Sundial Together
Located in Miami, FL
19th century, compass and sundial together.
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French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood

Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Triticum Vulgare N.11A (Gramineae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the fl...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster, Wood

A precision brass scale, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Precision scale made out on brass. France circa 1880.
Category

French Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

English Victorian Ebonized Telescope
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian ebonzied metal and brass trim telescope on adjustable dark stained tripod base (signed: WOOD, late ABRAHAM & CO, LIVERPOOL)
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Scale with weights. Iron. Widow of José Menaya, Valencia (Spain), 19th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Scale with weights. Iron. Widow of José Menaya, Valencia (Spain), around the second half of the 19th century. Iron scale made up of a swinging arm with a structure at each end from...
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Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Other, Iron

Clitograph level by Jules Lefebvre, Paris
Located in London, GB
Clitograph level by Jules Lefebvre, Paris, France, circa 1870. Rare tripod mounted model. With original tripod and case. Steel frame marked: NIVEA...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel

Pair of American Brass Nautical Taffrail Log Spinners, Negus, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass nautical taffrail log spinners, Late 19th century. Stamped by brothers Thomas Shufeldt Negus, Jr. (1828-1894) & John Davidson Negus (1833-1890) manufacturers and merchants of chronometers and other fine marine instruments...
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American American Empire Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Antique English "Bartlett Son, " Goose Neck Merchant s Scale, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large Antique English goose neck merchant's scale signed "Bartlett & Sons" of Bristol, England, circa 1880. Heavy Brass Commodity Scale with Weights Included
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

A botanic model of a fern Pteris serrulata, A. Dall’Eco, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model by A. Dall'Eco di Pteris serrulata N.66 (Ferns. Sporangium and Spore). The round boxwood base contains 4 elements, components of a model of fern Pteris serrula...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster, Boxwood

Pike and Elliman English Brass Scale
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pike and Elliman brass shop scale, dating to the 1880's. Nice original condition. Class b to weigh up to 12oz. Stamped on brass tray pike & E 14 new, 32 Gi ...
Category

English Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Canada Post Office Balance Scale with Cast Metal Base and Brass Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique postal scale is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Canada and date to approximately 1952 and done in the Late Victorian ...
Category

Canadian Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique French Ormolu Barometer
Located in Sandwich, MA
Wonderful antique French mercury barometer. Louis XVI ormolu style with elaborate cast bronze leaves and polychrome paint. Features a large squirrel tail thermometer and decorative s...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

A small telescope in paper, glass and snakewood. Golden decoration. France 1780.
Located in Milan, IT
A small pocket telescope with one extension, lens holder and ring in amoretto wood (Brosimum Guianense); objective holder body in green painted and pressed cardboard with rich decora...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Shagreen, Wood

Anatomical model for class, depicting the kidneys, Spain 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomic model for schools, for educational use, depicting the kidneys, made out of painted papier maché and mounted over a black painted fruitwood base. Spain circa 1890.
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Spanish Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century Portable Sundial in Turned Wooden Case
Located in Madrid, ES
Charming 19th-century portable sundial, housed in a finely turned wooden case. This compact and elegant scientific instrument reflects the craftsmanship and precision of 19th-century...
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Fruitwood

A travel aphotecary with oak wood box, England 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Small travel apothecary with oak wood box, glass containers inside and bone spoon. England circa 1880.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Wood

American Polished Steel Sky Light Binnacle with Rope Carved Base, Phil. C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American polished steel sky light binnacle with rope carved base, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Norfolk VA. Late 19th century. Binnacle has been electrified fo...
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American American Empire Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel

19th Century Portable Sundial in Wooden Case
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century Portable Sundial in Wooden Case Charming portable sundial from the 19th century, housed in its original wooden case. This compact instrument exemplifies the craftsmanshi...
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Fruitwood

Decorative Scientific Concave Mercury Mirror Maroon Leather Ebony
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A unusual scientific mirror, French in origin circa 1880 The mirror is mercury, with age related oxidization and pitting to the plate. Encased in a maroon leather frame with embos...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather, Mirror, Ebony

Boyle’s Patent Air Pump Ventilator, London, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Boyle’s patent air pump ventilator mahogany wood, glass an iron, depicting architecture model. Robert Boyle & son Ventilating engineeres. London & Glasgow, end XIX century.
Category

English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

Antique Wood and Brass Protractor
Located in Norwalk, CT
A really nice example of a handmade tool, this protractor is carved wood and fitted with handmade brass fittings.
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Wood and Brass Protractor
Antique Wood and Brass Protractor
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Barograph by R Fuess
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany framed barograph by R Fuess Berlin. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a seven-day chart which covers one full rotation of the drum. The in...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Walnut

Barograph by R Fuess
Barograph by R Fuess
$1,311 Sale Price
34% Off
Victorian Brass Cased Aneroid Barometer by Stanley, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Victorian brass cased Aneroid barometer by Stanley, London. Brass cased aneroid barometer housed in the original leather fitted case. Silvered dial with original ‘blued’ st...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Hand Carved Oak "Military" Barometer
Located in North Salem, NY
Very unusual hand carved Oak "Military" aneroid barometer from England. Circa 1880. Often antique items like this can be highly collectible and are often sought after by collectors and enthusiasts of vintage scientific instruments...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

19th Century Box Wood and Iron Paper Guillotine
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century box wood and iron paper guillotine  Well used and still working well, the makers name in the centre of the chopping platform is too wo...
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Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Boxwood

Boat Binnacle Compass from the 19th Century
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare yacht binnacle with a highly polished gimballed compass fitted to a varnished box. The box has a polished brass side burner and hinges, hooks, and screws. First class nautical r...
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North American Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Style Barometers and Thermometers by H. Dasson, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A companion pair of Louis XVI style barometer and thermometer finely decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and seeds on green velvet, each with a polychrome decorated enamel pla...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Terrestrial Globe Ludwig Julius Heymann, Circa 1880
Located in Madrid, ES
Terrestrial Globe Ludwig Julius Heymann, Circa 1880 Globe 10 cm in diameter with a marble base held by metal putty. Nineteenth century. Dimensions: 46 cm high 7.14 cm diameter
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Marble

Exquisite Boat Binnacle with Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass yacht compass fitted to a very fine varnished binnacle box with brass hinges and glass door. Also fitted with a varnished brass sidelight wit...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Ornate 19th Century Agricultural Sack Scales by Bartlett Son, Bristol.
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Ornate 19th Century Agricultural Sack Scales by Bartlett & Son, Bristol. This is a very ornate set of Scales in cast iron they would have been used for weighing sacks of many agr...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

It s Fan Time !
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/432. Pretty old theatre set: Binoculars, fan and mirror. a wonderful gift for any lady, young or in mature age. With a good price also, because I'm clos...
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Argentine Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather

It
s Fan Time !
It
s Fan Time !
$664 Sale Price
58% Off
19th Century Asian Bronze Portable Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century Asian Bronze Portable Sundial Rare Asian portable sundial from the 19th century, beautifully crafted in bronze This exquisite instrument combines scientific function w...
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Portable Engraved and Enameled Bronze Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare cadran solaire portatif chinois du XIXe siècle, finement ouvragé en bronze gravé et émaillé. Cet instrument aux détails précis témoigne du savoir-faire et de l'art scientifique...
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Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass