Lot 312
CARY'S 20-INCH CELESTIAL GLOBE
CIRCA 1800
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
Auction: Day One: 01 September 2021 | From 11:00
£2,250
Description
mounted with a brass meridian, 18 gore, the circular cartouche printed 'Carys 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 Wollaston, FRS, compiled from the authorities of Flamsteed, De La Caille, Hevelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschil, Mashelyn, & C. with an exteufive number from the works of Mifs. Herschel. The whole adapted to the year 1800 and the limits of the constellation decriment by a boundry line. LONDON. Sold by M Berge (late Ramsden) No. 199 Picadilly Jan 1801'; the stand lacking
Dimensions
20 inch diameter