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A Pair of J & W Cary Celestial and Terrestrial 12-inch Table Globes
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- height overall 25 in.; diameter overall 17 1/4 in.; diameter of globe 12 in.
- 63.5 cm; 44.5 cm; 30.5 cm
the terrestrial globe with the inscription CARY'S / NEW / TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, / DELINEATED / From the best Authorities extent; / Exhibiting the late Discoveries towards the / NORTH POLE, / and every improvement in geography / to the present Time. / LONDON: / Made & Sold by G. & J. CARY, 86 St. James's Street Jany. 4 1826. The celestial globe with the inscription 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 January 1 1816. Each raised on a mahogany stand.
Provenance
Partridge Fine Arts, London