A Pair of Late Regency Cary’s 11-Inch New Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
Sale 1278 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I
Nov 3, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$5,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$10,080
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Lot Description
A Pair of Late Regency Cary’s 11-Inch New Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
London, 1816
each set on a mahogany stand, the cartouche of the terrestrial globe marked Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Delineated From the best Authorities extant Exhibiting the different tracks of Captain Cook, and the New Discoveries made by him and other Circumnavigators London Made and Sold by J. and W. Cary, Strand, Sept. 2d, 1816, the celestial globe marked Cary's New Celestial Globe, on which are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars Selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the year 18..0. With the extent of each constellation precisely defined by Mr. Gilpin of the Royal Society Made and Sold by J and W Cary Strand, London, Jan. 1 1816.
Height 34 1/2 inches.
Height 34 1/2 inches.
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