From a South of France private collection
A Louis XVI celestial globe showing the position of fixed stars for the year 1780, by Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817), circa 1780
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on an ebonized stand, signed in a cartouche: “POSITION des Etoiles Fixes pour l’Année 1780. / Par le Sr. Fortin, Ingen. Géogr. à Paris.”, the globe successively shows : the 360° graduations in degrees of the circumference north of the Equator, the monthly graduations; the division of the signs of the Zodiac and their correspondence with the degree graduations; the graduation of the Winds, the meridian with degree graduation for the elevation of the Arctic and Antarctic Poles; and the division of the climates and hours
Haut. 50 cm, diam. 38 cm ; Height 19 3/5 in, diam. 15 in
Michel Ottin Antiquaire, Paris
This globe is part of a set of four spheres of the same size and mounted in the same way, originating from Fortin's workshop, which was later bought by Charles-François Delamarche. A similar example is kept at the Richelieu Library in Paris. (GE A-1945).
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