PAIR OF ENGLISH 12 INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBES
BARDIN, DATED 1861
£6,125
Auction: 26 June 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
each with twelve gores, the terrestrial globe with a cartouche inscribed 'BARDIN'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE [...] MANUFACTURED & PUBLISHED BY S.C. TISLEY, COUCH SQUARE, LONDON'; the celestial globe inscribed 'BARDIN'S BRITISH CELESTIAL GLOBE, containing the exact positions of 4000 fixed stars, nebulae &c'; in brass meridians with fixed horizon rings applied with calendar and zodiac scales, raised on four turned ebonised legs joined by an X-stretcher (2)