$77,025
A Pair of 20-inch Library Globes in Hepplewhite Stands by J. & W. Cary, London, circa 1815, the terrestrial and celestial globes with turned and inlaid mahogany stands, brass calibrated meridian rings, brass hour circles at the poles, paper on wood horizon rings with red perimeters printed with Gregorian and Zodiacal calendars, 9 1/2-in. printed compass cards with maker's name at the center, blued steel needles in reeded glazed frames supported by tapered stretchers spanning the base, the terrestrial globe with shaded countries outlined in green, Analemma and Table of Equation in the Pacific, the celestial with delicate coloring of the Zodiacal figures and star magnitudes indicated, each globe with maker's cartouche, the terrestrial reading in part, Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, Exhibiting the Tracks and Discoveries Made by Captain Cook...together with every other improvement collected from various navigators to the present time. Made and sold by J. & W. Cary, Strand, March 1, 1815, London , the celestial cartouche, Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe, on which is carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae... Compiled from the Authorities of Flamsteed...the whole is adapted to the year 1800...Made and Sold by J. & W. Cary, No. 181 Strand, London, March 1, 1799 , hts. approximately 47 in. Both globes experience age-consistent damage to the compass assemblies in the base, including reeded bezel cracks and subsequent cracks on the compass card mounting bo Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
