Handsome Set of Globe Gores
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World Map. SCHERER, Heinrich
[Munich, 1700]
Typus Totius Orbis Terraquei Geographice Delineatus.
8 ½ x 13 ¾ inches
Fine hand color; excellent condition
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Handsome Pair of Large, 18th Century, English Globes
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Terrestrial & Celestial Globe Pair. ADAMS, Dudley & George
[London, 1793]
Terrestrial: Britanniarum Regi Augustissimo Georgio Tertio… Globii in hunc Terrestrem, Omnes hactenus exploratos terrarum tractas,…Made by D. Adams…Charing Cross, London. 1793. .
Celestial: Britanniarum Regi Augustissimo Georgio Tertio…Globum hunc Caelestem, …Londini apud G. Adams, artificem Regium in vico Fleet Street [Undated].
Each 18 inches (46 cm.) diameter & 33 inches (84 cm.) total height; mounted on three-legged wooden stands with compasses in bases, each with finely engraved directional cards; original, movable brass meridians, each fitted with equator wires to assist in rotating meridians; horizon ring, resting on four wooden arms connected to base, paper-covered with finely engraved symbols of zodiacal constellations and various statistics for time calculations; celestial globe with movable brass declination circle, on which is brass symbol of the sun; global maps each consist of 24 original-colored gores and 2 polar calottes; dark speckling, occasionally heavy on terrestrial globe (none on celestial), yet virtually all place names legible; mended cracked area in lower Atlantic Ocean area on terrestrial about 4 x 5 inches with minor losses here and in few, other areas on both terrestrial and celestial, still overall very good.
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Weight of the World Magnified
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Miniature Terrestrial Globe/ Paperweight. AMERICAN GLOBE AND SCHOOL SUPPLY CO./ RAND MCNALLY
[Seneca Falls, NY, 1891]
Rand McNally & Co.’s New 3 Inch Terrestrial Globe Copyright 1891, by Rand, McNally, & Co.
3-inch diameter globe anchored in magnifying glass as issued; 5 ½ inches total height. Color-printed, wax-engraved (?) gores; some fading of place names, a few repair in extreme southern portion, but overall remarkably little wear; overall excellent condition.
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A Beautiful & Interesting Table Globe
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Terrestrial Globe/ Pacific Geography. DELAMARCHE, Felix
[Paris, 1832]
Globe Terrestre Dresse par Fx. Delamrche, Succr. de R. De Vaugondy 1832.
9 ½ inches (24 cm.) diameter; 21 inches (53 cm.) total height.
Single pedestal globe with horizon ring, armature & meridian all of wood, wear and staining on meridian at point where fits into stand, some chipping at extremities, else fine; globe with vibrant original color and clear, sharp patina; some abrasion & losses, mostly in lower and upper extremities; overall very good plus condition.
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A Fine American Floor Globe
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Terrestrial Floor Globe. COPLEY, Charles/ JOSLIN, Gilman
[Boston, 1852/ c. 1870s]
[On Horizon Ring: Improved Globe, Boston. / Manufactured By Gilman Joslin. Corrected To Date. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1852, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
16 inches in diameter;
39 inches total height. Victorian parlor dark-stained oak tripod stand with shaped supports above central baluster standard on cabriole legs ending in snake feet; excellent condition with a few minor repairs with original finish. Globe with calibrated nickel-plated hour circles at the north and south poles, mounted within a calibrated full nickel-plated meridian. Horizon ring decorated with an engraved paper calendar and zodiac, somewhat age-darkened and with wear. Globe with vibrant original wash coloring. Condition: Rich original varnish surface with a warm, quite bright patina; scattered minor toning, wear, abrasions, small cracks, all professionally restored, still excellent overall.
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