Lot 148
  • 148

A pair of 12-inch table globes, Cary, London, circa 1824

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Description

  • Cary
  • 47cm. 18½in. high approx.
the terrestrial globe with cartouche reading Cary's New Terrestrial Globe deliniated from the best authorities extant, exhibiting the late discoveries towards the North Pole and every improvement in geography at the present time, made & sold by G & J Cary, 86 St James's Street, Mar 1, 1824, the printed paper gores applied to the papier maché sphere marked with the explorers tracks; the celestial globe with cartouche reading Cary's New Celestial Globe on which are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the year 1800. With the extent of each constellation precisely defined by Mr Gilpin of the Royal Society, made & sold by J & W Cary, Strand, London, Jan 1, 1816, the printed paper gores applied to the papier maché sphere marked with detailed images of the constellations, each globe with graduated brass meridian ring and polar ring, each stand with horizontal ring applied with a printed paper zodiacal calendar, ebonised baluster-turned supports joined by turned stretchers