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Lot 292

A Pair of Regency Mahogany Terrestrial and Celestial Fifteen-Inch Library Globes
Sale 1062 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Jul 19, 2022 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$15,000 - 25,000
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$11,250
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A Pair of Regency Mahogany Terrestrial and Celestial Fifteen-Inch Library Globes
Newton, Son and Berry, London, 1836
the cartouche of the terrestrial globe marked Newton's/ New and Improved/ Terrestrial Globe/ Accurately delineated from the observations/ of the most esteemed/ Navigators and Travellers/ To the Present Time/ Manufactured by Newton, Son & Berry,/ 66, Chancery Lane./ London, Published Febr. 2d. 1836; the cartouche of the celestial globe marked Newton's Improved/ Celestial Globe,/ On which all the Stars are taken from the/ elaborate and most approved Catalogue of Piazza/ the Nebulas from Bode and the double Stars and/ those with proper motions from South./ The Right Ascensions & Declinations of the whole having been/ recalculated and accurately laid down for the year 1840/ By Mr. Newton./ Manufactured by Newton, Son & Berry Chancery Lane./ London, Published [...] 1836.
Height 41 1/2 inches.
Property from a Private Collection

Provenance:
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana
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