Lot #: 45932
The Frontispiece of a Curiouse CLOCK which will inform Gentlemen & Others in all Usefull Things Contained in ALMANACK'S for the Year 1701 . . . |
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Selling price: $1850
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RARE.One of the more obscure, but also one of the more fascinating historic horological texts was penned in the first decades of the 18th century by a London clock maker named John Carte. Very little is known about him, only 8 specific pieces of his oeuvre are documented, and of these not many have survived to modern times.
However, in contemporary reports Carte’s work was compared to that of Quare and Thompion, and both the Landgraf of Hessen (the patron of Jost Buergi) and the Russian Czar were among his customers.
Carte’s main claim to fame were his ‘cosmographical clocks’, a style documented in broadsheets published in 1702 and advertised till 1706, featuring a 2 x12 hour dial, with concentric annual dial with numerous astronomical indications.
Beneath the clock is a legend that describes most perfectly how this wonderfully unique chart works.
It reads as follows: The outermost CIRCLE shewes, The Months of the Year. 2nd [shows] The Festivall's Terms, Eclipses, & length of Dayes. 3rd [shows] The Dayes of the Week. 4th [shows] The Day of the Month. 5th [shows] The Sunn's riseing & setting. 6th [shows] An Equation Table every 7th day. 7th [shows] The Sign & Degree of the Moon. 8th [shows] The Moon's riseing & setting. 9th [shows] The Tide at London Bridge. 10th [shows] The 4 Quarters of the Moon. 11th [shows ] The Degree's of terrestrial Longitude. 12th & 13th [show] The Longitude of the remarkable Places of the World. 14th & 15th [show] The Hour in all Parts of the World. 16th {shows] The Minutes. 17th [shows] The Signes of The Zodiak, with the Patres of the Body affected by the Moon.
However, in contemporary reports Carte’s work was compared to that of Quare and Thompion, and both the Landgraf of Hessen (the patron of Jost Buergi) and the Russian Czar were among his customers.
Carte’s main claim to fame were his ‘cosmographical clocks’, a style documented in broadsheets published in 1702 and advertised till 1706, featuring a 2 x12 hour dial, with concentric annual dial with numerous astronomical indications.
Beneath the clock is a legend that describes most perfectly how this wonderfully unique chart works.
It reads as follows: The outermost CIRCLE shewes, The Months of the Year. 2nd [shows] The Festivall's Terms, Eclipses, & length of Dayes. 3rd [shows] The Dayes of the Week. 4th [shows] The Day of the Month. 5th [shows] The Sunn's riseing & setting. 6th [shows] An Equation Table every 7th day. 7th [shows] The Sign & Degree of the Moon. 8th [shows] The Moon's riseing & setting. 9th [shows] The Tide at London Bridge. 10th [shows] The 4 Quarters of the Moon. 11th [shows ] The Degree's of terrestrial Longitude. 12th & 13th [show] The Longitude of the remarkable Places of the World. 14th & 15th [show] The Hour in all Parts of the World. 16th {shows] The Minutes. 17th [shows] The Signes of The Zodiak, with the Patres of the Body affected by the Moon.
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