3rd Nov, 2015 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Encounter')

 
  Lot 147
 

147

[M] A 12IN. TERRESTRIAL GLOBE published BY...

A 12IN. TERRESTRIAL GLOBE published BY DELAMARCHE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
with chromolithographic gores signed DELAMARCHE / E. BERTAUX EDITEUR / 25 RUE SUR PENTE / PARIS / , meridian for Paris, tracks for Astrolabe 1826/27, d'Urville 1838 and 1840, Australia named Nouvelle Hollande ou Australie, graduated equatorial, with ecliptic line, mounted on a graduated brass meridian and supported on ebonised tapered base, overall height -- 23½in. (60cm.)
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Condition Report
Overall yellow and wear commensurate with age, large repaired crack from Indian Ocean to the Galapagos Islands. Other light abrasions and time staining.

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A 12IN. TERRESTRIAL GLOBE published BY DELAMARCHE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
with chromolithographic gores signed DELAMARCHE / E. BERTAUX EDITEUR / 25 RUE SUR PENTE / PARIS / , meridian for Paris, tracks for Astrolabe 1826/27, d'Urville 1838 and 1840, Australia named Nouvelle Hollande ou Australie, graduated equatorial, with ecliptic line, mounted on a graduated brass meridian and supported on ebonised tapered base, overall height -- 23½in. (60cm.)
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