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Optical Rangefinder Georg F. Brander

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles / Science & Medicine (1930-Now) Start Price:3,150.00 EUR Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR
Optical Rangefinder Georg F. Brander
Optical Rangefinder "Georg F. Brander, Augsburg", Germany, c. 1760 Exceptionally fine brass instrument by legendary German scholar and mechanicus. Signed: "G. F. Brander fecit Aug. Vind.", lacquered brass, sun protection, day and night mirror, micrometer glass in the middle tube, 10 in. high. In typical and original wooden box. - A sensationally rare collector's item and spectacular exhibition piece!<Br>
Distanzmesser "Georg Friedrich Brander", Augsburg" (Polymetroscopium Dioptricum), um 1760 Edles Messing-Instrument des Augsburger Gelehrten und Mechanicus. Signiert: "G. F. Brander fecit Aug. Vind.". Zaponiert, mit Sonnenschutz und Tag- und Nachtspiegel, Glasmikrometer-Scheibe im Zwischentubus. Höhe 26 cm. Mit außerordentlich seltener Original-Holzhülse. - Literatur: "G. F. Brander 1713-1783" (Deutsches Museum München 1983), S. 172-174. - Ein sensationell seltenes Sammlungsstück!

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