Alfred JOSSET (1865-?) - Lot 173

Alfred JOSSET (1865-?) Harmonisphere in strong printed paper and blackened turned wood base, captioned as follows; Alfred Josset par Forest Paris 17 rue de Buci; this harmonic cycle contains and immediately presents to the reader all the tones, the movements of all the chords and all the harmonies, from the simplest to the most complex. Indispensable for beginners as well as masters, it is a veritable CODE MUSICAL to whose laws no present or future innovator can escape, even in his or her most audacious ventures. Late 19th, early 20th century H. 55 cm Diam. 35 cm Joseph Forest was a French geographer and cartographer. In 1886, he founded his publishing house for maps and plans, globes, terrestrial and celestial spheres, charts and wall maps for education at 17-19, rue de Buci in Paris, and lived at 1, place du 13 octobre in Bagneux. Suppliers to schools since 1889 and approved by the Ministry of Public Instruction, he also offered a globe lighter in his catalog. Appointed advisor to France's Foreign Trade Commission in 1912, and regularly following its work, he was reappointed to this position in 1922.