Details
Newton's new and improved Terrestrial Globe and Improved pocket Celestial Globe, London, published by Newton and Son, 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet St; each globe with 12 hand-colored engraved gores, the terrestrial marking the tracks of Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages, and Biscoe's Antarctic voyage 1830-31, Metal pinions, set in brass half meridian circles, mounted on later rosewood turned stands with central column and tripartite base with brass feet, printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter, 614 in. (16 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 1992, lot 345.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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Lot Essay

This is an attractive pair of miniature globes by the Newton Family; the addition of the Fleet St. address and Biscoe's track indicating a later edition.

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