French technical drawing of a 'niveau a lunette'

Made:
1729

[French technical drawing, ink and colour wash, of a `niveau a lunette', with letter by designer on verso, dated Bayonne 1 Aug. 1729. Drawing, of a telescopic level, bears ms. annotations. The letter on verso mentions use of this newly designed level when making navigable the river at Pau en Bearn; author's signature has been torn off]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1992-524
Measurements:
: 220 x 340 mm
type:
technical drawing
credit:
Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co