Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1690
Maker John Prujean
Place Oxford
Material Wood
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
Accession 1924-0/2094

Provenance

Evans bought it from the collector George H. Gabb, of London, in 1919, probably in part-exchange (Gabb acquired Evans's microscopes at about this time). It was made for the latitude of Oxford, Prujeans's printed paper instruments being aimed at the student market.
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