MB&F M.A.D.Gallery expõe instrumentos topográficos da colecção Bruno Gritti

A MB&F M.A.D.Gallery, de Genebra, apresenta por estes dias 25 exemplares raros de instrumentos de medição e levantamento topográfico do século XIX, pertencentes ao arquitecto e coleccionador italiano Bruno Gritti.

Teodolitos, tacómetros, níveis são algumas das peças expostas. Que estão à venda.

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, surveyors were important people, responsible for tracing the lines needed to map cities, dig canals, build roads and lay down railway lines in a rapidly industrialising world. Their most precious possessions were their surveying instruments like theodolites, tacheometers and levels.

These instruments weren’t just highly accurate measuring tools, they were artfully crafted too: Gleaming brass, bronze or steel, sometimes complemented by the rich brown hue of wooden tripods or carrying cases.

Mr Gritti has dedicated the last 50 years of his life to meticulously researching and collecting these historical treasures, ambassadors to the age of exploration and empire-building. And luckily for us, he has chosen the M.A.D.Gallery to fulfil his wish of passing the baton onto kindred spirits with a fascination for history and an appreciation of fine mechanical craftsmanship.

Mr Gritti says of his carefully curated collection: “For me, the tools that feature in my collection are not just an expression of precision mechanics and applied optics, but they are also objets d’art representing a specific period of history.”