A wallet of mapping instruments by J. F. B. Oppen, Danish, dated 1795 and 1807

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A wallet of mapping instruments by J. F. B. Oppen, Danish, dated 1795 and 1807, signed J F B Oppen , the red leather book-form case with gilt tooling opening to printed page and opposite two dividers with circular silver dials and separate arc with linear scales, the centre section with pages now removed and rear section with hand coloured chart of the coast near Copenhagen, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 1/2in (18.5 x 11 x 1.5cm) Footnotes: Oppen's full name was Johan Frederik Blix Oppen and it appears that he was a Danish military engineer. The quotation on the inner cover comes from L'Art de la guerre by Frederick II, King of Prussia, known as the 'philosophe sans souci' . Sanssouci was also the name of the palace he built for himself at Potsdam.