Boucart
Contenu
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Nom
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Boucart
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Couverture temporelle
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late 19th / early 20th century
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Biographie
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Successor to Loiseau (qv c. 1892). He advertised prismatic binoculars between 1891 and 1914 and other instruments are known (1). The business was still active in 1929 when the American instrument collector Harrold Gillingham had a meridian-compass sent by them to R. T. Gunther in Oxford (2). Since he was succeeded by Bouzendroffer (qv).before 1901 either Boucart started a new business or there were two opticians of this name.
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Notes biographiques
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1. Revue Scientifique 31 October 1891, back cover; La Nature xlii 2, 1914. A cylindrical surveyor's cross (Randier 28. 11. 82 lot 88); an astronomical telescope (Wilmart 15. 1. 83); 3inch refracting telescope, Christie's 13. 12. 2001 lot 231; theodolite La Rochelle 7.7.2017 lot 125.
2. Letter of 13 November 1929, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Gunther archives OAL: 1929.
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Bibliographie
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Instruments d’optique et de précision. Cadrans solaires horizontaux, verticaux déclinants ou non pour toutes latitudes, Paris, n.d. (c. 1920). Double fold advertising catalogue.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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21, Fbg St Jacques Paris
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35, Quai de l'Horloge Paris
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Identifiant
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1176
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ark:/18469/1qwtr