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A PAIR OF GEORGE III TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL EIGHTEEN-INCH GLOBES
BY W. & T.M. BARDIN, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1799, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1817, THE LATER SATINWOOD STANDS AFTER A DESIGN BY W. BARDIN AND SON
A PAIR OF GEORGE III TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL EIGHTEEN-INCH GLOBES BY W. & T.M. BARDIN, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1799, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1817, THE LATER SATINWOOD STANDS AFTER A DESIGN BY W. BARDIN AND SON Each with engraved meridian ring and facsimilied Zodiacal horizon ring, on a satinwood and rosewood stand with three tapering turned reeded legs with brass caps and castors, joined by a compass-dial stretcher, the terrestrial globe with printed dedication inscribed 'To the Rt. Honorable SIR JOSEPH BANKS BART. K.B. President of the Royal Society This new British Terrestrial Globe Containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications, from the most correct and authentic Observations and Surveys, to the year 1799 by Capt. Cook and more recent Navigators. Engraved from an accurate Drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, geographer, Is respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient hble. servants W. & T.M. Bardin' , the celestial globe with printed dedication inscribed 'To the Rev Nevil Maskelyne. D.D.F.R.S Astronomer Royal. This new British Celestial Globe Containing the Positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae & Correctly laid down to the present period from the latest obsevations and discoveries by Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschel, The Revd. Fr. Wollaston &c. &c. is respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient hble servants W. & T.M. Bardin; additions to 1817' , and additionally inscribed 'Manufactured & Sold Wholesale & Retailed by W& T. M. Bardin 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London' 43¾ in. (111 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) diameter overall (2)