A PAIR OF REGENCY 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 214 & 215)
A PAIR OF REGENCY 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES

J. & W. CARY, LONDON 1818

细节
A PAIR OF REGENCY 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES
J. & W. CARY, LONDON 1818
The terrestrial with cartouche: 'Cary's new terrestrial globe ... London, Made & sold by J.&W. Cary, Strand, March 1st 1816 With corrections and additions to 1818', the hand-coloured engraved gores with graduated meridian through Greenwich, analemma to the Pacific, no Antarctic landmass, Australia as New Holland, the North coasts of Canada and Greenland not delineated, the routes of Captain Cook and others given in the Oceans; the celestial with cartouche: 'Cary's new celestial globe ... 1816, the gores laid to the polar ecliptic, the stars given to nine orders of magnitude, nebulae, clusters and binary stars also shown; each with brass hour ring to North Pole, the globes held in engraved brass meridians, the horizons with engraved and hand-coloured calendrical scales, on mahogany tripod stands with brass rollers
44 in. (112 cm.) high (2)

荣誉呈献

Lily Canvin
Lily Canvin

查阅状况报告或联络我们查询更多拍品资料

登入
浏览状况报告