Copernican-type planetary representing the solar system with (in order from the center):

The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth in its meridian with the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Each planet, except the Earth, is represented by a cardboard disc covered with a printed paper

mentioning the name and the period of revolution of the planet.

The whole is set in a black and gold lacquered wooden frame representing a floral decoration

(said to be Abbé Nollet's).

This support consists of a circular foot with four arms supporting the equatorial table, octagonal in

shape, which is covered with a printed and watercoloured paper representing the Zodiac and the

Calendar with the main winds.

Note: attributed to Fortin.

Jean Baptiste Fortin, mechanical engineer for globes and spheres. He worked in collaboration with

Nicolas Alexandre Baradelle (say the eldest). In 1778 he bought the fund of Robert de Vaugondy.

The workshop was taken over by Charles François Delamarche in 1795.

Reference: a similar mechanical example is in the collections of the Langres Museum.

Dimensions: total height of 23 cm x height of the equatorial table 20.4 cm x diameter of 25 cm.

France datable before 1786 (date of the discovery of Uranus), probably around 1770/1780.

Reference: D ex AV2

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