Lot 157

AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE

BY NATHANIEL HILL (FL. 1746-1768), 1754

Closed29 October 2009

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AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE
BY NATHANIEL HILL (FL. 1746-1768), 1754
A NEW Terrestrial GLOBE by Nath Hill 1754 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, New Holland, Dimens Land and New Zealand part delineated, North-West America as Unknown Parts, each interior hemisphere twelve hand coloured engraved half gores and a polar calotte, the exterior of the case covered with fishskin
3 in. (7.5 cm.) in case

Acquired through Pierre Delbée by Don Bartolomé March Servera for the Library in Miguel Angel, Madrid, circa 1965.