A MATCHED PAIR OF 20-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES

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£ 25 000
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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 183 | A MATCHED PAIR OF 20-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES
A MATCHED PAIR OF 20-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES

NEWTON & SON

The cartouches: NEWTON'S new and Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Accurately delineated from the observations of the most esteemed NAVIGATORS and TRAVELLERS To the present time Manufactured by NEWTON & SON 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, LONDON Published 1st January [1841]; NEWTON'S New and Improved CELESTIAL GLOBE on which all the Stars, Nebulae and Clusters contained in the extensive Catalogue of the late F. WOLLASTON. FRS. are accurately laid down their Right Ascensions & Declinations, having been recalculated for the Year 1830 by W. Newton Manufactured by NEWTON & SON, 66 Chancery Lane, LONDON. Each supported in graduated brass meridian rings, sitting in mahogany stands of slightly different construction.



the terrestrial 44 ½ x 27 ¼ x 27 ¼in. (113 x 69.5 x 69.5cm);

the celestial 43 ¾ x 27 ¼ x 27 ¼in. (111 x 69.5 x 69.5cm).

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