A Louis XIV celestial globe on carved giltwood stand the globe dated 1700, signed Guillaume Delisle

Globe with abrasions, surface dirt and rubbing. Two dents, approximately 1in. in diameter. Minor losses to gesso and gilding. Signs of old worm damage. Surface dirt and some rubbing. The mount with rubbing, oxidaiton and surface dirt. The stand with rubbing and surface dirt. One volute missing. In good condition.
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Born in Paris in 1675, Guillaume Delisle was one of the most well-known and sought-after cartographers of the eighteenth century. After his years as a student of Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), he published his first works entitled La Carte du monde and La Carte des continents in 1700. At the time these maps were the first on which the errors of Ptolemy were wholly absent, and as a result their popularity quickly surpassed similar contemporary publications. In just two years he became élève at the Académie des Sciences, founded by Louis XIV in 1666, and in 1718 he was elected to the rank of associé. As his fame and popularity as leading cartographer of his time rose, he was appointed instructor of geography to the young Louis XV and the title of First Royal Geographer was created specifically for him. Delisle's reform of cartography and the science of geography was based on his use of information and material provided by contemporary astronomers that helped him determine scale and more to accurately measure distances. To help his work as cartographer he also made celestial maps and globes, such as this lot. Delisle's two comparable celestial globes of similar size dating from 1700 and also dedicated to the Regent of France, Duc de Chartres, Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans were formerly in the collection of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and are now in the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence.