A matching pair of Georgian terrestrial and celestial table globes

A$42,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

A new, accurate and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine. Originally laid down by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S. Improv d by G. Wright, and made by W. Bardin, Fleet Street, London. Published as the act directs by Harrison Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row, Augt. 1st, 1783 (cartouche). Published by G. Wright W. Bardin Jan y 1st 1782 (inscription at South Pole). Terrestrial globe, 9 inches in diameter, 24 engraved gores and two polar calottes with original hand colouring over papier mache base, graduated equator, ecliptic and Greenwich meridian, the oceans with an analemma, ocean currents, monsoons and showing the tracks of numerous explorers; hand-engraved calibrated brass meridian ring, engraved calendrical paper horizon ring with zodiac laid on wood, supported on the original stand of four turned wooden legs united with cross-stretchers. The globe with areas of the surface rubbed with loss, some infill and restoration, chips to sections of the horizon ring, stable and sound. Together with: The celestial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine. Published as the Act directs, by Harrison Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row, Apr. 1, 1785. Made by W. Bardin, Fleet Street, London. Celestial globe, 9 inches in diameter, 24 engraved gores and two polar calottes with original hand colouring over papier mache base, astrological figures illustrating the constellations; hand-engraved calibrated brass meridian ring, engraved calendrical paper horizon ring with zodiac

• Binding: Hardcover

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