This catalog illustrates Harvard's collection of eighty-three ivory diptych sundials, elaborate instruments widely used during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to determine the time by day or night. The collection encompasses a comprehensive array of styles and designs from Nuremberg, Paris, Dieppe, and other parts of Europe.
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This catalog illustrates Harvard's collection of eighty-three ivory diptych sundials, elaborate instruments widely used during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to determine the time by day or night. The collection encompasses a comprehensive array of styles and designs from Nuremberg, Paris, Dieppe, and other parts of Europe.
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Add this copy of Ivory Diptych Sundials 1570-1750 to cart. $42.00, like new condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Harvard Univ. Press.
Edition:
1992, Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Publisher:
Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Published:
1992
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17294866249
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Signed Cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, the like. tight binding. appears unused.; this copy contains a gift inscription of appreciation from the project director to a member of the advisory committee on the half-title page.; 169pp., illustrated throughout in color, b/w., scholarly catalogue of harvard's collection of this particular type of sundial.
Add this copy of Ivory Diptych Sundials, 1570–1750 to cart. $43.00, like new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1992 by Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.
Edition:
1992, Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Add this copy of Ivory Diptych Sundials, 1570? 1750 (Collection of to cart. $84.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Harvard Collection of Historic.
Edition:
1992, Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
