A 80-CM DIAMETER LIBRARY GLOBE

Lot 23
25.10.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 12 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 23 | A 80-CM DIAMETER LIBRARY GLOBE
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Comprised of two sets of twelve chromolithographed split half-gores and two polar calottes applied to a metal sphere, the cartouche: DIETRICH REIMERS ERDGLOBES für den Weltverkehr Entworf en von PROF. DR. HEINRICH KIEPERT [...]1 : 16,500,000. Geographische Verlagshandhung VON DIFTRICH REIMER (ERNST VORSEM) in Berlin. turning on axis with two brass hour rings supported in graduated meridian sitting in turned ebonised stand with compass and Zodiacal horizon ring.
5ft x 31/4ft x 31/4ft. (155 x 100 x 100cm.)
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