A 19th-century masterpiece by Henry Greenway. This rare cross-strung chromatic harp was designed to play every semitone without pedals, featuring two intersecting rows of strings in a stunning, hand-carved gilded frame.
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A 19th-century masterpiece by Henry Greenway. This rare cross-strung chromatic harp was designed to play every semitone without pedals, featuring two intersecting rows of strings in a stunning, hand-carved gilded frame.
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A 1958 Kuba Komet from Germany. The original owner had it shipped back to the States when he was stationed there. He had it in his living room for 50 years before he passed. I’m guessing that’s why it’s still in immaculate condition. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime find.
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A 1958 Kuba Komet from Germany. The original owner had it shipped back to the States when he was stationed there. He had it in his living room for 50 years before he passed. I’m guessing that’s why it’s still in immaculate condition. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime find.
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Installed in 1410, Prague’s Astronomical Clock is the oldest in the world still in operation. A 600-year-old masterpiece of medieval engineering that tracks time, stars, and seasons with haunting precision.
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Installed in 1410, Prague’s Astronomical Clock is the oldest in the world still in operation. A 600-year-old masterpiece of medieval engineering that tracks time, stars, and seasons with haunting precision.
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And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it...
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/raised-tube/
And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it...
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/raised-tube/