Lot 34
Lot 34
AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE

AFTER MOLL, CIRCA 1770

Price Realised GBP 4,750
Estimate
GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2016
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AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE

AFTER MOLL, CIRCA 1770

Price Realised GBP 4,750
Closed: 10 Nov 2016
Price Realised GBP 4,750
Closed: 10 Nov 2016
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AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE
After Moll, circa 1770
the globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, graduated equator and ecliptic, cartouche A Correct GLOBE with the new Discoveries, New Holland with Diemen's land as a peninsula, the 1760 route of Captain Cook shown, trade winds marked, in original fishskin case with interior celestial gores, cartouche A Correct Globe with ye New Constellations of Dr Halley &c., the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures with stars to six orders of magnitude.
8cm. diameter in case
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