A pair of 18in. Terrestrial and Celestial globes by Thomas Malby circa 1879

the terrestrial globe dated January 1879, labelled:  MALBY`S/TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/Compiled from the latest/ & MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES/ including all of the recent/GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES/Manufacturedand Published under the superintendance of the/SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/BY THOs. MALBY & SON/MAP & GLOBE SELLERS TO THE ADMIRALTY/WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & Co., AGENTS/LONDON,GLASGOW, EDINBURGH & SYDNEY, the celestial globe labelled: MALBY`S/CELESTIAL GLOBE/Exhibiting the whole of the/ STARS/Contained in the catalogues of/ Piazzi, Bradley, Hevelins, Mayer, la Caille and Johnson/ the Double Stars from Sir W. Hershel & Struve/reduced to the year 1870/ / By J.ADDISON/ MANUFACTURED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE/ OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSIOIN OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/By MALBY  & SON/ 37 Parker Street, Little Queen Street,/Lincoln`s Inn Fields/LONDON,  each on a mahogany stand, each with a compass

These are in very good restored condition. They have been fully cleaned and re-polished
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Thomas Malby, started the family firm of globe makers about 1839 and continued producing globes until the turn of the 20th century. The firm operated as Malby & Son with Thomas Malby, Jr. Globes produced by the company generally were engraved by C. Malby -- presumably a family member -- and later continued by Thomas Malby III. The firm is perhaps best known for producing a strikingly large re-issue of John Addison's 1825 terrestrial globe at about 36 inches in diameter (92cm.) produced for the Great Exhibition in 1851. Malby also produced a variety of table globes in many sizes as well as an interesting pocket globe. The depiction of the lines of magnetic variation on a globe was a Malby innovation. By 1862, Malby globes  were published by Edward Stanford (1827-1904) whose company is still in business today. Malby also worked with James Wyld, a map, atlas, and globe-maker.