A Pair of Early Victorian 20-inch Library Globes by Newton & Son, the Celestial dated 1845; the Terrestrial dated 1846

A Pair of Early Victorian 20-inch Library Globes by Newton & Son, the Celestial dated 1845; the Terrestrial dated 1846

with cartouche NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ACCURATELY DELINEATED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOST ESTEEMED NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS TO THE PRESENT TIME MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE LONDON PUBLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1846; the celestial globe with cartouche NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH ALL THE STARS NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LATE F.WOLLASTON F.R.S. ARE ACCURATELY LAID DOWN, THEIR RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS HAVING BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1830 BY W.NEWTON MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LONDON PUBLISHED FEBY. 2D. 1845. ENGRAVED BY F.STARLING WILMINGTON SQUARE, each made up of twenty-four hand-coloured engraved split-half gores and with engraved brass hour dial to poles and meridian, the later facsimile horizon with Zodiac and calendar scales later, on carved rosewood tripod stands joined by foliate stretchers and a central turned boss, on brass castors, minor variations to carving of feet

height 46 in.; diameter 26 1/2 in.

117 cm; 67.5 cm