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Newton's Improved Celestial 3-inch Pocket Globe, c. 1840, twelve printed gores illustrated with mythical beasts and scientific instruments and labeled in Latin, with cartouche reading Newton's Improved Celestial Globe , laid down on a plaster and wooden sphere, housed in a green-painted wood case, case dia. 3 1/4 in. Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.


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2015-04-25

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