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Lot 184
A GEORGE III 21-INCH CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE
J. & W. CARY, LONDON. CIRCA 1800
Closed1 July 2009
Price Realised
EUR 3,750
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A GEORGE III 21-INCH CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE
J. & W. CARY, LONDON. CIRCA 1800
CARY'S New and Improved CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH Is carefully laid down the whole of the STARS & NEBULA, Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE of the REVD. Mr. WOLLASTON, F.R.S., Compiled from the Authorities of FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE &c. With an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, The whole adapted to the year 1800, and the Limits of each Constellation determined by a boundary line. London and with pasted on label Made by J.& W. Cary & Sold by W. Heather, Mar 1 1800, on a mahogany tripod stand
118 cm. high overall
J. & W. CARY, LONDON. CIRCA 1800
CARY'S New and Improved CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH Is carefully laid down the whole of the STARS & NEBULA, Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE of the REVD. Mr. WOLLASTON, F.R.S., Compiled from the Authorities of FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE &c. With an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, The whole adapted to the year 1800, and the Limits of each Constellation determined by a boundary line. London and with pasted on label Made by J.& W. Cary & Sold by W. Heather, Mar 1 1800, on a mahogany tripod stand
118 cm. high overall
A GEORGE III 21-INCH CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE
J. & W. CARY, LONDON. CIRCA 1800
CARY'S New and Improved CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH Is carefully laid down the whole of the STARS & NEBULA, Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE of the REVD. Mr. WOLLASTON, F.R.S., Compiled from the Authorities of FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE &c. With an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, The whole adapted to the year 1800, and the Limits of each Constellation determined by a boundary line. London and with pasted on label Made by J.& W. Cary & Sold by W. Heather, Mar 1 1800, on a mahogany tripod stand
118 cm. high overall
J. & W. CARY, LONDON. CIRCA 1800
CARY'S New and Improved CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH Is carefully laid down the whole of the STARS & NEBULA, Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE of the REVD. Mr. WOLLASTON, F.R.S., Compiled from the Authorities of FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE &c. With an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, The whole adapted to the year 1800, and the Limits of each Constellation determined by a boundary line. London and with pasted on label Made by J.& W. Cary & Sold by W. Heather, Mar 1 1800, on a mahogany tripod stand
118 cm. high overall
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