A LARGE PAIR OF DUTCH 26 IN. (68 CM.) LIBRARY GLOBES
WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU (1571-1638), AMSTERDAM, THE TERRESTRIAL CIRCA 1630-45, THE CELESTIAL CIRCA 1630
A LARGE PAIR OF DUTCH 26 IN. (68 CM.) LIBRARY GLOBES WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU (1571-1638), AMSTERDAM, THE TERRESTRIAL CIRCA 1630-45, THE CELESTIAL CIRCA 1630 The terrestrial bearing four cartouches, three in the Southern hemisphere, the Advice to the Reader signed Guiljelmus Blaeu and dated 1622 , the dedication to the States General and Prince Maurice of Nassau, as called for by van der Krogt (state 3), engraved brass meridian, and paper horizon ring; the celestial with axis through the celestial pole, the address to the reader headed by portrait of Tycho Brahe, made out for the year 1640 and signed Guiljelmus Blaeuw (van der Krogt sate 3), engraved brass meridian with hour dial and original hand-pointer, paper horizon ring; the matching contemporary oak and walnut stands with cup-and-balluster legs joined by cross-stretchers with moulded platforms, centred by the supports for the globes and concealing castors, one triangular, the other circular 40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) diameter [overall] (2)
A LARGE PAIR OF DUTCH 26 IN. (68 CM.) LIBRARY GLOBES
WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU (1571-1638), AMSTERDAM, THE TERRESTRIAL CIRCA 1630-45, THE CELESTIAL CIRCA 1630
A LARGE PAIR OF DUTCH 26 IN. (68 CM.) LIBRARY GLOBES WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU (1571-1638), AMSTERDAM, THE TERRESTRIAL CIRCA 1630-45, THE CELESTIAL CIRCA 1630 The terrestrial bearing four cartouches, three in the Southern hemisphere, the Advice to the Reader signed Guiljelmus Blaeu and dated 1622 , the dedication to the States General and Prince Maurice of Nassau, as called for by van der Krogt (state 3), engraved brass meridian, and paper horizon ring; the celestial with axis through the celestial pole, the address to the reader headed by portrait of Tycho Brahe, made out for the year 1640 and signed Guiljelmus Blaeuw (van der Krogt sate 3), engraved brass meridian with hour dial and original hand-pointer, paper horizon ring; the matching contemporary oak and walnut stands with cup-and-balluster legs joined by cross-stretchers with moulded platforms, centred by the supports for the globes and concealing castors, one triangular, the other circular 40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) diameter [overall] (2)
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