The Nolte Collection - 25 Sep 2007

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A pair of Regency table globes

£8,000 - £12,000 £13,000

A pair of Regency table globes, sold by W & S Jones, with brass meridian rings and reeded edge horizons, on moulded mahogany tripod bases with spiral turned bowls and compass stretchers, the printed segments titled 'The New Twelve Inch British Terrestrial Globe Representing The Accurate Positions of the Principal known Plates of the Earth, From The Discoveries of Captain Cook and Subsequent Circumnavigations to the Present Period with Corrections & Additions to 1819,' and 'The New Twelve Inch British Celestial Globe containing the exact positions of more than 3800 fixd stars, Nebule, Planetary Nebule & according to the latest Discoveries and Observations of Dr Moskelyne, Dr Heefsbell and other eminent Astronomers and corrected to the present period', 64cm (25.25in) high, 40.5cm (16in) wide. (2)

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