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Globe Gores--Coronelli, Vicenzo Maria.
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- [Terrestial and Celestial globe gores, Venice, 1693], 2 sets of engraved globe gores on one sheet, each 125 x 165mm., [Shirley 557]
- paper
Catalogue Note
A pair of globe gores designed for a pocket globe 5.5cm. in diameter. There are two “ghost” portraits visible on the celestial sphere which were erased from the plate by the time of the later printing of the Libro dei Globi in 1697.