ADAMS, Dudley (1762-1830). New Globe of the Earth correctly laid down according to ye best Observations & Latest Discoveries; New Celestial Globe containing all ye Southern Constellations lately observed at the Cape of Good Hope and all the stars in Flamsteed's British Catalogue . , London: Fleet Street, terrestrial dated 1816, celestial 1811. A pair of table globes, diameter 12 inches (31cm.), overall height 26 inches (66cm.). Each globe comprising two sets of 12 engraved gores, hand-coloured in outline, celestial gores laid to ecliptic poles and decorated with constellation figures arranged after John Flamsteed's tables, names in Latin and English; the terrestrial globe marking the tracks of the second and third voyages of James Coook, Anson's voyage and the trade winds of the low latitudes. Original varnish, metal axis, brass hour circles and meridian circles, graduated on one face, grooved on verso. Hand-coloured engraved horizon circles (some old wear), each globe mounted on English style mahogany tripod stands, spirally fluted shafts with downswept legs to pointed feet, cross-stretchers, original compasses and needles, the globes set on trifoliate Georgian mahogany globe stands, three turned and reeded legs with turned feet and trifoliate shaped lower shelf, height 34 inches (88cm.). A FINE PAIR OF 12 INCH LIBRARY GLOBES, ON ATTRACTIVE GLOBE TABLES.Dudley Adams, son of George Adams Senior, left the family business in 1789, working as an independent instrument maker from 53 Charing Cross. On the death of his brother George in 1795, he returned to the family business in Fleet Street. This pair is based on his father's first 12 inch pair in 1760-66, with the updated geography of the Pacific supplied by his brother George. Dudley Adams kept the family business going until the firm went bankrupt in 1817, producing good quality library globes for the ever-enlarging English gentry of the early 19th-century. cf. Van der Krogt Ada 5; Ada 6. Included in this lot is a copy of George Adams' A Treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes , 1766. 8°. (2)
ADAMS, Dudley (1762-1830). New Globe of the Earth correctly laid down according to ye best Observations & Latest Discoveries; New Celestial Globe containing all ye Southern Constellations lately observed at the Cape of Good Hope and all the stars in Flamsteed's British Catalogue . , London: Fleet Street, terrestrial dated 1816, celestial 1811. A pair of table globes, diameter 12 inches (31cm.), overall height 26 inches (66cm.). Each globe comprising two sets of 12 engraved gores, hand-coloured in outline, celestial gores laid to ecliptic poles and decorated with constellation figures arranged after John Flamsteed's tables, names in Latin and English; the terrestrial globe marking the tracks of the second and third voyages of James Coook, Anson's voyage and the trade winds of the low latitudes. Original varnish, metal axis, brass hour circles and meridian circles, graduated on one face, grooved on verso. Hand-coloured engraved horizon circles (some old wear), each globe mounted on English style mahogany tripod stands, spirally fluted shafts with downswept legs to pointed feet, cross-stretchers, original compasses and needles, the globes set on trifoliate Georgian mahogany globe stands, three turned and reeded legs with turned feet and trifoliate shaped lower shelf, height 34 inches (88cm.). A FINE PAIR OF 12 INCH LIBRARY GLOBES, ON ATTRACTIVE GLOBE TABLES.Dudley Adams, son of George Adams Senior, left the family business in 1789, working as an independent instrument maker from 53 Charing Cross. On the death of his brother George in 1795, he returned to the family business in Fleet Street. This pair is based on his father's first 12 inch pair in 1760-66, with the updated geography of the Pacific supplied by his brother George. Dudley Adams kept the family business going until the firm went bankrupt in 1817, producing good quality library globes for the ever-enlarging English gentry of the early 19th-century. cf. Van der Krogt Ada 5; Ada 6. Included in this lot is a copy of George Adams' A Treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes , 1766. 8°. (2)
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