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Auction archive: Lot number 43

A pair of Cary's twenty-one inch terrestrial and celestial globes late 18th/early 19th century

Estimate
£60,000 - £100,000
ca. US$93,528 - US$155,880
Price realised:
£97,250
ca. US$151,594
Auction archive: Lot number 43

A pair of Cary's twenty-one inch terrestrial and celestial globes late 18th/early 19th century

Estimate
£60,000 - £100,000
ca. US$93,528 - US$155,880
Price realised:
£97,250
ca. US$151,594
Beschreibung:

A pair of Cary's twenty-one inch terrestrial and celestial globes late 18th/early 19th century the celestial globe dated March 1st 1799, the terrestrial globe dated March 1st 1815, the compass to the celestial globe replaced, the Celestial globe labelled: CARY`S/ New and Improved/ CELESTIAL GLOBE/ on which/ is carefully laid down the whole of the/ STARS and NEBULAE,/ Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE, of the/ Rev`d M WOLLASTON, K.S./ compiled from the Authorities of/ FLAMSTEED, DE LA CATELL, HEVELIUS MAYER/ BRADLEY HERSCHEL, MASKELA NE & C/ with an extensive number from the Works of ...Herjeuner/ The whole adapted to the Year 1800 and the/ Limits of each constellation determined/ by a boundary line/ London. Made & Sold by J & W Cary No. 181, Mar 1 1799 ; the terrestrial globe labelled: CARY`S/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ EXHIBITING/ The Tracks and Discoveries made by/ CAPTAIN COOK;/ Also those of CAPTAIN VANCOUVER on the/ NORTH WEST COAST of AMERICA;/ And M.DE LA PEROUSE, on the COAST of TARTARY/ TOGETHER/With every other Improvement collected from/ Various Navigators to the present time/ LONDON/ Made & Sold by J & W Cary, Strand, March 1st 1815 122cm. high, 66cm. diameter overall; 4ft., 2ft. 2in.

Auction archive: Lot number 43
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

A pair of Cary's twenty-one inch terrestrial and celestial globes late 18th/early 19th century the celestial globe dated March 1st 1799, the terrestrial globe dated March 1st 1815, the compass to the celestial globe replaced, the Celestial globe labelled: CARY`S/ New and Improved/ CELESTIAL GLOBE/ on which/ is carefully laid down the whole of the/ STARS and NEBULAE,/ Contained in the ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE, of the/ Rev`d M WOLLASTON, K.S./ compiled from the Authorities of/ FLAMSTEED, DE LA CATELL, HEVELIUS MAYER/ BRADLEY HERSCHEL, MASKELA NE & C/ with an extensive number from the Works of ...Herjeuner/ The whole adapted to the Year 1800 and the/ Limits of each constellation determined/ by a boundary line/ London. Made & Sold by J & W Cary No. 181, Mar 1 1799 ; the terrestrial globe labelled: CARY`S/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ EXHIBITING/ The Tracks and Discoveries made by/ CAPTAIN COOK;/ Also those of CAPTAIN VANCOUVER on the/ NORTH WEST COAST of AMERICA;/ And M.DE LA PEROUSE, on the COAST of TARTARY/ TOGETHER/With every other Improvement collected from/ Various Navigators to the present time/ LONDON/ Made & Sold by J & W Cary, Strand, March 1st 1815 122cm. high, 66cm. diameter overall; 4ft., 2ft. 2in.

Auction archive: Lot number 43
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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