Live Auction 2825The Decorative Arts Sale
A SOUTH GERMAN 13-CM. CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE
Lot 126

A SOUTH GERMAN 13-CM. CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE

G. M. LOWITZ, NUREMBERG. CIRCA 1747

Closed1 July 2009

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EUR 7,500

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A SOUTH GERMAN 13-CM. CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE
G. M. LOWITZ, NUREMBERG. CIRCA 1747
GLOBVS COELESTIS plusquam 2500 Stellarum ad A.1762 ex Cat Flamst calculatorum, designatus a G. M. Lowitz, & editg ab Hom. Hered 1747 and with further cartouche Illustrissimae Academiae Scientiarii Regiae Borussicae sacrum cupit Auctor, on a Dutch-style stand
21 cm. high overall

Specialist note

Georg Moritz Lowitz (1722-1774) joined the Nuremberg firm of the Homann Heirs (designated Hom Hered on the maker's cartouche) in 1746 until 1757. In 1767 Moritz was killed by Cossacks while working as a surveyor for the Russian Service in the Volga region.