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Wooden Globes. Globo Terrestre e Globo Celeste. 19th century

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Wooden Globes. Globo Terrestre e Globo Celeste. 19th century
 
Globo Terrestre e Globo Celeste, epoca Giorgio III.
Londra, W. & S. Jones Holborn, 1802 - 1814

Coppia di globi da tavolo in mogano. Misure: diametro 30 cm circa; Altezza 64 cm circa, incluso il supporto. Composti da 12 fusi in carta colorata incollati sul supporto rigido, cerchio meridiano graduato in ottone, cerchio dell’orizzonte decorato con le case dello Zodiaco, i mesi dell’anno e i punti cardinali. I globi sono sorretti da una struttura in mogano, composta da tre montanti che si innestano nel quadrante e che confluiscono in un elemento tornito, poggiante su tre piedi. I globi presentano ampia usura, mancanze, danni e crepe. Gambe con piccole riparazioni.

Due splendidi globi prodotti in Inghilterra all’inizio del XIX secolo, con accurata raffigurazione di tutte le terre conosciute, in base alle nuove scoperte geografiche a seguito dei viaggi di Cook e delle successive circumnavigazioni. In un cartiglio circolare, in mezzo all’Oceano Pacifico, l’iscrizione “The New Twelve Inch British Terrestrial Globe, Representing the Accurate Positions of the Principal Known Places of the Earth from the discoveries of Captain Cook and subsequent Circumnavigators to the present period. 1802 W. & S. Jones Holborn London “; sotto la scritta “With Additions to 1807, 1814”.
Entrambi i globi sono composti da dodici fusi incisi e colorati a mano e due calotte polari, quello terrestre raffigurante informazioni geografiche, con equatore graduato ed eclittica, il meridiano zero attraversa Londra, che mostra i tropici Cancro e Capricorno, i circoli artico e antartico e le rotte dei viaggi del capitano Cook; quello celeste, con equatore graduato, coluro equinoziale ed eclittica, quest'ultimo con le case graduate dello Zodiaco, che mostra i tropici e i poli nord e sud, le costellazioni rappresentate da animali e figure mitologiche e strumenti scientifici, le stelle rappresentate in sette ordini di grandezza (con chiave), entrambe le sfere con anelli meridiani graduati in ottone, orizzonti di carta applicati graduati nei mesi dell'anno, case dello Zodiaco e punti cardinali, sostenuti da supporti in mogano a colonna tornita e base a treppiede.

Condition Report

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, George III period.
London, W. & S. Jones Holborn, 1802 - 1814

Pair of mahogany table globes. Measurements: diameter approx. 30 cm; Height approx. 64 cm, including the stand. Composed of 12 colored paper spindles glued onto the rigid stand, with graduated brass meridian ring, applied paper horizons graduated in months of the year, houses of the Zodiac and compass points. The globes are supported by a mahogany structure, composed of three uprights that fit into the dial and converge in a turned element, resting on three feet. Globes show extensive wear, losses, damage and cracks. Legs with little repairs.

Two splendid globes produced in England in the early 19th century, with accurate representations of all the known lands, based on the new geographical discoveries following Cook's voyages and subsequent circumnavigations. In a circular cartouche, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the inscription “The New Twelve Inch British Terrestrial Globe, Representing the Accurate Positions of the Principal Known Places of the Earth from the discoveries of Captain Cook and subsequent Circumnavigators to the present period. 1802 W. & S. Jones Holborn London”; below the inscription “With Additions to 1807, 1814”.
Both globes made-up of twelve engraved hand-colored gores and two polar calottes, the terrestrial depicting geographical information, with graduated equator and ecliptic, the prime meridian through London, showing the tropics Cancer and Capricorn, the Arctic and Antartic Circles, and the tracks of Captain Cook's voyages; the celestial, with graduated equator, equinoctial colure and ecliptic, the latter graduated houses of the Zodiac, showing the tropics and northern and southern poles, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars represented in seven orders of magnitude (with key), both spheres with graduated brass meridian rings, applied paper horizons graduated in months of the year, houses of the Zodiac and compass points, supported on mahogany supports to turned column and tripod leg base.
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