The microcosm, which, after eight years study and application, is now completely finished by Henry Bridges of Waltham-Abbey, in Essex, carpenter

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Description

Title
The microcosm, which, after eight years study and application, is now completely finished by Henry Bridges of Waltham-Abbey, in Essex, carpenter
Published / Created
[approximately 1740s]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Caption title.
First line: It is the most curious and magnificent piece of mechanism that was ever made of this kind ...
Printed broadside describing Henry Bridges's astronomical clock and advertising at bottom that "this grand machine is now to be seen in the Long-Room, at the Opera-House in the Hay-Market ..." The clock is depicted in a woodcut illustration at left.
Not in ESTC.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
From the Ricky Jay collection. Sold at Forum Auctions, 27 February 2025, lot 8, to Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : 24 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 69 740 M626

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Broadsides
Advertisements
Woodcuts
Brit tracts
Material
1 woodcut ;
Resource Type
text
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England
Essex.
Subject (Name)
Bridges, Henry, 1697-1754.
Subject (Topic)
Amuse ments
Astronomical clocks
Music box
Clocks & watches
Subjects
Bridges, Henry, 1697-1754
Amuse ments > England > Essex
Astronomical clocks > England > Essex
Music box > England > Essex
Clocks & watches
Brit tracts > 1740
Jay, Ricky > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
17630437
Object ID (OID)
33328809

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