Lot 6
  • 6

A Regency Mahogany Terrestrial Globe on Stand, Cary, London, England 1821

Estimate
2,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • height approximately 24 in.
  • 61 cm
bearing label: Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, Delineated From the Best Authorities Extant; 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 Street, March 15th, 1821.

Condition

base of globe with losses to paper and deterioration; minor scuffs and blemishes to surface of globe; missing locking screw; horizon ring in fair condition
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