Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL GLOBES BY J. & W. CARY, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1806, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1799 EACH OF TYPICAL FORM WITH A BRASS MERIDIAN RING, THE STANDS WITH ZODIAC AND CALENDER RING ABOVE A FRIEZE WITH FRUITWOOD STRINGING, ON THREE CURVED SUPPORTS SUSPENDING A TURNED VESTIGIAL FINIAL, ON THREE TAPERING TURNED REEDED LEGS JOINED BY A COMPASS-CENTERED TRIPARTITE STRETCHER WITH PEG FEET, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE WITH LABEL CARY'S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. EXHIBITING THE TRACKS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY CAPTAIN COOK. ALSO THOSE OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA; AND M. DE LA PEROUSE, ON THE COAST OF TARTARY TOGETHER WITH EVERY OTHER IMPROVEMENT COLLECTD FROM VARIOUS NAVIGATORS TO THE PRESENT TIME./LONDON/MADE & SOLD BY J & W. CARY AROUND MARCH 1ST. 1806. ; THE CELESTIAL GLOBE WITH LABEL 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 REVD. MR. WOLEASTON, F.R.S. COMPILES FROM THE AUTHORITIES OF FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE &C. WITH AN...FIVE NUMBER OF THE WORKS OF 'MIFS HERFSCHEL 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 STRAND MAR 1 1799. , CELESTIAL GLOBE LACKING COMPASS 46IN. (117CM.) HIGH, 28IN. (71CM.) DIAMETER (2)