24th Nov, 2022 11:00

Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books

 
Lot 290
 

A Red Marble Cuboctahedron and other wooden Geometrical Models

comprising of a cut red marble Cuboctahedron with 14 faces 24 edges and 12 vertices, Archimedes, according to Heron of Alexandria ascribed the Cuboctahedron to Plato, 5.3cm tall; a set of 12 wooden geometrical solids in a card case with label to the top that reads 'The Scholars Set of Geometrical Models'; a collection of 7 larger wooden (elm?) platonic models, (a lot)

Sold for £312

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comprising of a cut red marble Cuboctahedron with 14 faces 24 edges and 12 vertices, Archimedes, according to Heron of Alexandria ascribed the Cuboctahedron to Plato, 5.3cm tall; a set of 12 wooden geometrical solids in a card case with label to the top that reads 'The Scholars Set of Geometrical Models'; a collection of 7 larger wooden (elm?) platonic models, (a lot)

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