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[BOOK] MOXON, JOSEPH. A Tutor To Astronomy And Geography. Or An Easie And Speedy War To Know The Use Of Both The Globes, Celestial And Terrestrial. In Six Books. The 1. Teaching The Rudiments Of Astronomy And Geography. 2. Shewing By The Globes The Solution Of... Problems ... [3-6] More Fully And Amply Than Hath Yet Been Set Forth, Either By Gemna Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, Or Any Others That Have Taught The Use Of The Globes... The Fourth edition corrected and enlarged. ... Printed by S. Roycroft, for Joseph Moxon. LONDON. 1686. 4to, [vi],272,[8] p. Engr. cuts in text, woodcut figs. Original blind tooled period calf. Leather worn away, title and preliminary leaves loose, contents browned. In this edition an essay on the mythology of zodiac figures is by Dr. Hood, and one of the history of astronomy by the Earl of Castlemain. The foremost textbook on the use of globes of the Seventeenth Century. I.D.#07359.

[PRINT] J. GIBSON, SCULP. The Terrestrial Globe. The Globe or Sphere in its three different positions. S. CROWDER, AND CO. LONDON. 1762. Copper engraving. 9 x 6.75" (plate). Fine modern hand color. Plate from Turner's "A view of the earth." I.D.#06678. SOLD.

[PRINT] Terrestrial Globe. Celestial Globe. [Ornate full mount Georgian pedestal globes labeled to show all parts with diagrams explaining nomenclature.] LONDON. c1770. COPPER ENGRAVING 6.3 x 10.5". Expert modern color, matted. Engraved for Middleton's Complete system of geography. I.D.#06406.

CHARMING ENGLISH MINIATURE GLOBE SIGNED N. LANE 1776

N. Lane. New Globe of the Earth 2.75 inch orb with rather detailed surface dated 1776. Oceans finished in buff with strong equator, ecliptic and tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. As it also shows "Owhyhee Here C. Cook was Kill'd" one can assume it to be after 1779. Shows the track of Cook's voyage as well as Anson's tracks. Prime meridian still passes through the Canary Islands. Copper engraved gores over turned wood. In domed turned walnut desk case. Probably the same gores as Dekker (Greenwich) GLB0028. The gores signed "Prockter fc." Steel pins at both poles. Orb has had some recent professional restoration. N. Lane is known to have purchased and reused older gore plates some of which were used in the Nineteenth Century. This specimen is period and quite charming. N. Lane. London. 1776 title date but after 1779. Literature: Van der Krogt, P. (Old Globes); Dekker (Greenwich); Arkway, Cohen & Taliaferro, Cat. 64. I.D.#10240. (Have many more photos if needed) 
 

[PRINT] MIDDLETON'S COMPLETE SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY. The Terms And Principles Of Geography With Their Astronomical Connections. THOS. BOWEN. LONDON. 1777. COPPER ENGRAVING. 7 1/8 x 11 3/8" Expert modern hand color. Four sections show the "Nominal parts of the earth &c., Geographical circles &c., the Solar System, and an Orrery." I.D.#06857.

[BOOK] BUFFIER, JESUITE FATHER. GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, Exposee Dans Les Differentes Methodes Qui Peuvent Abreger L'etude & Faciliter L'usage De Cette Science, Avec Le Secours De Vers Artificiels Et Un Traite De La Sphere ... Derniere Edition, Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee I. Des Changemens De Domination Arrives Recemments Dans Les Etats De l'Europe; 2. D'une Preface Tres-Utile; 3. D'une Table Des Noms De Pays, En Francois & En Latin, Avec Leurs Degres De Longitude & De Latitude Pour Les Tout D'un Coup Sur La Carte. AMABLE LE ROY LYON. 1783. 12mo. 10,422 p. 6 folding engr. maps (of 17) Original gilt spine calf, slight worming. Of interest primarily for the added section with title page on the use of globes. I.D.#06097.

[BOOK] BUFFIER, JESUITE FATHER. GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, Exposee Dans Les Differentes Methodes Qui Peuvent Abreger L'etude & Faciliter L'usage De Cette Science, Avec Le Secours De Vers Artificiels Et Un Traite De La Sphere ... Derniere Edition, Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee I. Des Changemens De Domination Arrives Recemments Dans Les Etats De l'Europe; 2. D'une Preface Tres-Utile; 3. D'une Table Des Noms De Pays, En Francois & En Latin, Avec Leurs Degres De Longitude & De Latitude Pour Les Tout D'un Coup Sur La Carte. AMABLE LE ROY LYON. 1783. 12mo. 10,422 p. 17 folding engr. maps. Modern full roan, antique style, gilt. Slight waterstaining towards the end but very much above average. With the added section with title page on the use of globes. I.D.#07048.

MINSHULLS, known also as MINSHALL. untitled. [3 inch terrestrial globe in round fitted paper mache case]. Engraved paper gores engraved by James Mynde, over solid wood sphere. Oceans finished in pea green with ecliptic, equinoctial colure, tropics of cancer and capricorn, and Cook's and Anson's circumnavigations. Fitted without meridian into a fitted paper mache case covered with black sharkskin and lined with celestial zodiac charts. Simplified surface yet accurate. Very nice condition. LONDON. c1785. Case warped and loose at hinge needing repair. Surface of globe fine; celestial surface also fine & bright. I.D.#08980. SOLD

[BOOK] ADAMS, GEORGE. An Essay, On The Use Of The Celestial And Terrestrial Globes; Exemplified In A Greater Variety Of Problems, Than Are To Be Found In Any Other Work; Exhibiting The General Principals Of Dialing & Navigation. By The Late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker To His Majesty, And Optician To The Prince Of Wales. Fourth edition. With the author's last improvements, illustrated with copper-plates. Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer No. 52 south 2d Street, Philadelphia Whitehall 1800. 8vo, 238 p. 2 engr. plates by D. Scot. Original calf, broken, plates foxed. Attractive edition prepared in London for a Philadelphia publisher, William Young, with his presentation inscription on the flyleaf. Handsomely printed. The two plates were taken from an earlier quarto work and are trimmed to fit, numbered XVI and XIII. I.D.#08115.

English. Bardin, T.M. The New 12 Inch British Terrestrial Globe Representing The Accurate Positons Of The Principle Known Places Of The Earth, From The Discoveries Of Captain Cook And Subsequent Circumnavigators To The Present Period 1802 ... With Additions To 1807. Retailer's label (W.& S. Jones. Holborn. London) Obscuring lower part of title cartouche, rubbed to the point of illegibility. Aaron Arrowsmith engraved gores for Bardin globes of this period and this information may lie beneath the retailer's label. T.M. Bardin London 1807 . Period George III full mount Chippendale stand of black walnut, conforming ferules with brackets supporting horizon ring with engraved scale raised on a column with spiral turned stem and tripod cabriole legs ending in pointed pad feet. Restorations to orb, gores and scale, a couple brackets replaced. Modern brass finial and time indicator hand. Original brass meridian and attachments cleaned and polished. Couple small holes at South Pole. Height 25 inches. An elegant and classic English globe of unusually fine proportions. Yonge lists a globe with the same surface, 1802 but dated to 1805, in the Wilson Museum, Castine, ME. Literature: Ena L. Yonge. A catalogue of early globes. American Geographical Society Library series No. 6. 1968. p. 5. Only globe we have ever seen with the elusive state of FRANKLIN in eastern Tennessee. A rarity. I.D.#09921. SOLD

EARLY U.S. COMPENDIUM ON THE USE OF GLOBES

Lathrop, John Jun. A compendious treatise on the use of the globes, and of maps; compiled from the works of Keith, Ferguson, Adams, Hutton, Bryan, Goldsmith, and other eminent authors; being a plain and comprehensive introduction to the practical knowledge of geography and astronomy. J.W. Burditt & Co. and W. Wells. Boston. 1812. 12mo, 183 p. 3 fold. plates Modern calf with paper spine label. Light to moderate foxing, spine faded. Slight worming to preliminary leaves, one plate with fore edge loss due to misfolding. Textbook by an instructor at the Salem Street Academy. The manuscript was read and approved by Osgood Carleton, Boston cartographer and mathematician. Shaw & Shoemaker 25825. I.D.#10177.

[BOOK] F., A. L. [Geographie de Crozat]. GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, Dediee A Mlle. Crozat, Avec Une Abrege De La Sphere, Une Table Des Longitudes Et Latitudes Des Principaux Lieux De La Terre, Et Une Table Alphabetique Des Villes. Nouvelle Edition, Revue Corrigee & Augmentee De La Division Du Territoire Francois En Departemens; Contenant Tous Les Changemens Historiques Et Politiques, Survenus Jusqu'a Ce Jour, Tant En France, En Hollande, En Allemagne Et En Italie, Que Dans Le Reste De l'Europe Et Les Autres Parties Du Monde. JEAN-ALBERT JOLY AVIGNON. 1813. 12mo, 464 p. Published without maps. Original calf, gilt. Empire era edition with a prefatory section on the use of globes. I.D.#06098.

[BOOK] GAULTIER, ALOISIUS EDOUARD CAMILLE, abbe (ca.1745-1818). A Complete Course Of Geography, By Means Of Instructive Games, Invented By The Abbe Gaultier. The Eighth edition, corrected, improved, and divided into two parts. The first part, containing a geographical game, illustrative of ancient and modern history. To which is prefixed, a treatise or short account of the artificial sphere... JOHN HARRIS...DULAU AND CO. ... P. DIDIER. LONDON. 1813. folio. 50 p. 10 doub.-pg. engr. maps, engr. plate, cuts. Half red roan, gray paper sides with engraved label. Worn and rubbed. Colorful double folio maps. I.D.#06176.

 NEWTON'S RARE MINIATURE GLOBE

J. Newton & Sons. Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe 3 inch orb. Newton & Sons, 66 Chancery Lane. London. 1816 [to 1820]. Coated engraved gores over wood sphere, no time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with continents outlined in green. All coloring hand done. Has equator and ecliptic. On a miniature raised stand of oak with round turned felted base and turned column with conforming brass ferule similar to a half meridian. Professionally restored and relaquered. Geography shows Alaska as "Russian Territory", Northern California called "New Albion", Louisiana Territory is everything west of the Mississippi, United States is everything east of thye river. Florida has an East and West. Shows "Russian Empire", "Austrian States", "Chinese Tartary", Australia is "New Holland". Geography indicative of the first or 1816 issue. This globe was provided in a black shagreen covered case as well as on this cute desk stand. The mounted version is much more scarce.  I.D.#10037. SOLD.

RARE EARLY AMERICAN TABLE GLOBE WITH MANUSCRIPT GORES

American. Anonymous. unlabeled and untitled. New England ?. c1820's. 6 inch orb with 18 gores over wood. Oceans finished in olive brown. Though the latitude and longitudinal lines appear engraved, the continents and lettering are manuscript. Outline hand color with continents and major regions outlined in colors. The United States extends to the West Coast but Mexico takes up the Southwest. Shows Rio Colorado de Texas, Red River in northeast Mexico. In U.S. some Indian tribes located such as Blackfeet. Approximate dating derives from the naming of Australia as such rather than New Holland. Also shows Sydney as a city rather than Botany Bay. Mounts in a finely engraved brass full meridian within a delicate finely turned four leg table stand with four stretchers and a center supporting leg. Rather faded horizon ring scale hand lettered and hand colored.   Possibly unique early American globe. A handsome production posing a mystery about its creator. I.D.#10176.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MINIATURE GLOBE WITH ODD MISSPELLINGS

untitled [miniature box globe]. Paris?/London?. c1830. 1.8" wood sphere over which is fitted twelve lithographed partly hand-colored gores. Aged shellac lends a fine patina without affecting clarity of detail. Oceans finished in light tan, outline hand color. The tiny orb lies in a cube-shaped mahogany box with cover. Possibly made in France for the English market. Inside box orb fits precisely. Among places named include: N. Albion, Alaska, Taheite, Nublada I, Unusual spellings include: Hayty, Californea, Guadimala, Cap Colonie, Nil(e) R., Thibet and Bodany Bay (New Holland). The condition of both box and globe are excellent. I.D.#10144. (have more photos if needed)

WILSON, JAMES. A NEW AMERICAN THIRTEEN INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, Exhibiting With The Greatest Possible Accuracy, The Positions Of The Principal Known Places Of The Earth; With The Tracks Of Various Circumnaviagators Together With New Discoveries And Political Alterations Down To The Present Period: 1831 By J. Wilson & Sons Albany St. N.Y. S. WOOD & SONS, AGENTS. NY. ©1831. Tan engraved gores over plaster on metal orb, probably copper, precision time arrow fastened to meridian at North Pole. Shows equinoctial colure, ecliptic, prevailing winds, analemma and the routes of numerous explorers. Stamped and machined brass full ring meridian in full mount table stand with engraved colored horizon ring scale. Hawaii called Sandwich Islands or Owyhee with notes on the death of Cook in 1779 and Hergest and two others in 1792. New Holland or Australasia not yet divided into provinces. In North America, Louisiana and Missouri are states but entire Northwest called Missouri Territory and Southwest called Internal Provinces. Title vignette and possibly the gores by D.W. Wilson and engraved by Balch, Rawdon & Co. A definitive view of the earth and its explorations of the late 18th Century. Some rubbing at equator and slight damage in South Pacific but an overall excellent specimen well preserved. I.D.#07815. SOLD

RARE MINIATURE GLOBE BY SMITH & SON WITH "SUPPOSED ANTARCTIC CONTINENT",

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, SANDWICH IS.

Smith & Son. Outline of the Earth 2.5 inch orb. Smith & Son. London. c1840's. Coated engraved gores over wood sphere, no time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in tan with continents outlined in red and green. All coloring hand done. On a miniature raised stand of walnut with round turned base and turned column with conforming brass ferule similar to a half meridian. Professionally restored and relaquered. Geography shows Alaska as "Russian Territory", North America colored green with the UNITED STATES confined to eastern half. Texas stands out as one of the few regions named, apparently in reference to its status as a separate republic. Roughly located Vancouver and Monterey. "Chinese Tartary", Australia is now Australia. Geography indicative of the 1840's. Smith & Son were active at this period, from 1803 to 1862, at no. 172 Corner of Surrey Street Strand. They were engraver and map seller to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, but are usually represented by much larger globes. This fine miniature is a rare item with handsome patina and quite legible. I.D.#10165.

BOX GLOBE c1840 WITH TEXAS AS INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC

German. Buehler, J. A. Die Erde nach dem neuesten Endekungen. ... Gez. u. gest. v. J.A. Buehler Verlag von J.G. Klinger's Kunsthandlung. Nuremberg. c1840. 4 inch diameter orb with polar pins fitting into groves in fitted wooden box without the meridian scale built in. Box covered with brown feather-like marble paper.Every edge decorated with ornately designed die-cut gilt foil. Surface designations in German showing Iran as well as Persien, Hindostan, Tuebet [sic]. Pacific Ocean called "Grosser Ocean" and Australia consists of Neu Holland and most of the South Pacific Islands. East coast of Neu Holland shows Neu Sud Wales. North America has "Vereinigte Staaten" with Oregon. Texas in bold letters as a separate republic. British Possessions, Alaska and Mexico, plus West Indies called "West Indien". South Africa shows Hottentotia and Capland. Not a toy but an educational tool of some meticulousness. Klinger was an artist-painter, engraver and globe maker. Although Klinger died in 1806 the firm continued on well into the 19th century. Some shellac darkening and box scuffs but in overall very good condition. I.D.#10199. (Have many more photos if needed) 

HANDSOME CELESTIAL GLOBE, SCARCE  SMALL SIZE 

Joslin, Gilman. Joslin's Six Inch Celestial Globe, from the best authorities.  Gilman Joslin. Boston. 1840. Very handsome 6 inch table globe with engraved and hand colored gores over an orb of hollow metal. Time scales at   North and South Poles are part of the gore surface design.   Firmament finished a subdued tan. Engraved brass full meridian   with time dial pointer set into hardwood stand with three turned  baluster legs and stretchers. Overall height 7.75 inches. Star   patterns shown with Capricorn figures of bear, lion, crab,   Hercules and such. Seasons and zodiac months shown on horizon   ring. Very nicely preserved with only slight surface sun crazing  in northern hemisphere. Period stand with fine patina.  I.D.#09033.  SOLD.

VERY SCARCE SCHOOLROOM GLOBE WITH REP. OF "TEAXS" 

Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co. untitled. [terrestrial globe] 5" terrestrial globe without time dial. Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co. Hartford, Ct. c1840. Paper gores over solid wood sphere. Oceans finished in deep green with latitude and longitudinal lines. Surface quite worn, very simplified. Only east coast masrked United States, Texas called "Teaxs". Orb raised on a 6" tall poplar turned column above a turned dish base. Rare and interesting American schoolroom globe from Republic of Texas period. I.D.#10005.

RARE, FINE TINY GLOBE IN WOODEN DISPLAY BOX ca1840 WITH TEXAS NAMED AS INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC

German. Klinger, Johann Georg (1764-1806). The Earth published by J.G. Klinger in Nuremberg. J.G. Klinger. Nuremberg. c1840. 1 5/8 inch diameter orb with polar pins fitting into groves in a horizon ring like field laid within a fitted pine box. Box lid has colored lithograph label with view of three children in an interior studying geography. Simplified surface shows Persia, Hindostan, Thibet [sic]. Pacific Ocean called "Great Pacific Ocean" and Australia consists of New Holland and most of the South Pacific Islands. East coast of New Holland shows New South Wales. North America has "United States" with Oregon and Texas, British Possessions, Alaska and Mexico. South Africa shows Cape of Good Hope. Klinger was an artist-painter, engraver and globe maker. Not a toy but an educational tool made for the British market. Although Klinger died in 1806 the firm continued on well into the 19th century. Some slight rubbing with minor loss in arctic region. Highly ephemeral in overall excellent condition. I.D.#10114.

SPLENDID 1840'S BOXED MINIATURE GLOBE WITH TEXAS AS A REPUBLIC

German. C. Abel - Klinger editeurs. La Terre d'apres le plus nouvelles d'ecouvertes... C. Abel - Klinger. Nuremberg. c1840. 2.25" ivory sphere over which is fitted twelve copper engraved, fully hand-colored gores. Aged shellac lends a fine patina without affecting clarity of ddtail. Oceans finished in olive green with ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and equinoctial colure. The tiny orb lies in a round pasteboard box with cover (3.5" diam.) covered in brown sheepskin. Made in Germany by a noted Nuremberg firm for the French market. Inside box orb fits by two polar pins into a colored horizon ring. Among places depicted and named are: "Australie ou Nouvelle Hollande", "Isles de Sandwich", "Thibet," "Mongolie". The Great Wall of China is shown but not named. Splendid specimen of a scarce and fragile boxed globe. The condition of both box and globe are superb. Texas is shown in North America as a republic. I.D.#10136. SOLD.

DELIGHTFUL MINIATURE STUDENT GLOBE IN ORIGINAL DISPLAY BOX WITH INDEPENDENT TEXAS

KLINGER, JOHANN GEORG. THE EARTH. Very attractive ensemble of 1.75 inch diameter globe with 12 engraved and hand-colored paper gores over a solid core with metal pinions fitted into grooves in a display box. The cylindrical paperboard box has a flat horizon ring with engraved seasonal and zodiacal names. Atop the box lid is a printed, hand colored image of three students studying a pocket globe and a table globe with a world wall map backdrop in those days of geographical ascendancy. J.G. KLINGER. NUREMBERG. c1842-45. The globe itself is quite precise and updated with Alaska, New South Wales, Col.(ony) of G(ood) Hope, and Wilke('s) Land in Antarctica discovered 1840-42. Oregon shown as part of the United States. Prominent Texas is separate from Mexico. "West India" (islands) appears oddly off Charleston area. "Australia" covers most of South Pacific, with New Holland name on Australia itself. A few very minor scuffs on paper box cover; minor scuff at Wilke Land on globe. Overall exquisite informative globe in a charming display box; all in excellent condition. I.D.#10137.

RARE AND ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF JOSLIN GLOBES

Gilman Joslin. Joslin's six inch Terrestrial Globe, containing the latest discoveries... Drawn and engraved by W.L. Annin | Joslin's six inch Celestial Globe, from the best authorities. Drawn & Engr. by W. Annin. Gilman Joslin. 1846, 1840 (actual dates). Boston. Pair on similar walnut stands, 6 inch orbs. Engraved gores of tan parchment, hand coloring. Republic of Texas period.  While stands not quite alike, orbs seem to be of similar toning. Not thought assembled. I.D.#09988. SOLD.

[BOOK] JAMIESON, ALEXANDER. A Manual Of Map Making And Mechanical Geography Illustrated By Sixty Engravings: Comprising Projections Of The Sphere, General And Particular Maps, And Topographical Plans, For The Purpose Of Facilitating Practical Education, And The Operations Of Land-Surveying, Military And Naval Surveys. By Alexander Jamieson, LL.D., Author Of A Dictionary Of Mechanical Science, &c. &c. &c. A. FULLARTON AND CO. LDN, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN. 1846. Tall 12mo, xvi,97 p. Fold. world maps, figs. Purple cloths with globe stamp on cover. Best manual for projecting maps onto round surfaces and making gores. A bit faded, hinges worn. I.D.#07344.

MALBY, THOS. & SON. MALBY'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Compiled From The Latest & Most Authentic Sources, Including All The Recent Geographical Discoveries, Manufactured And Published Under The Superintendence Of The Society Of Useful Knowledge By Thos. Malby & Son Globe & Mapsellers To The Admiralty. LEEDS, ENG. 1848-52. 8 inch hollow orb probably of copper. Time scale at North Pole missing but pointer still present. Copper engraved gores, hand colored. Oceans in dark tan. Surface darkened by paste contact and with metal orb. With Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma. Corroded copper half meridian on turned walnut column on round turned walnut base. Once relaquered. Attractive period globe with pre-Gadsden Treaty borders in the southwest U.S. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers credits Malby with a terrestrial globe in 1857 and this appears to be earlier than that. I.D.#08984.

FINE 13 INCH JAMES WILSON GLOBE

Wilson, James. A NEW AMERICAN THIRTEEN INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. Exhibiting with the greatest possible accuracy, the positions of the principal known places of the earth; with the tracks of various circumnaviagators together with new discoveries and political alterations down to the present period. By Cyrus Lancaster, Albany, N.Y. [D.W. Wilson, del. Balch, Rawden & Co. sc.] CYRUS LANCASTER. ALBANY, N.Y. c1850. Tan engraved gores over plaster on metal orb, probably copper, precision time arrow fastened to meridian at North Pole. Shows equinoctial colure, ecliptic, prevailing winds, analemma and the routes of numerous explorers. Stamped and machined brass full ring meridian in turned maple full mount four-legged table stand with stretchers. With engraved colored horizon ring scale. Shows, names and dates sailing tracks of Cook, Perouse, Vancouver, Rodriguez, Anson, Butler. Alaska called Russian America. Hawaii called Sandwich Islands or Owyhee with notes on the death of Cook in 1779 and Hergest and two others in 1792. New Holland or Australasia not yet divided into provinces. In North America, Utah shows Gt. Salt Lake or Mormon City. Huge Oregon, Indian and unnamed territory from Platte River to Canada. Texas shows cession of 1850. Pre-Gadsden Purchase and southwestern border. Apparently 1850 edition of Wilson's prized globe. Slight damage at North Pole professionally mended but an overall excellent specimen.  I.D.#10052. SOLD.

UNUSUAL SCHOOLROOM MOUNT SHOWING EARTH'S DECLINATION

ANONYMOUS. UNTITLED. 2.75" GLOBE Printed and colored paper gores on 2.75 inch diameter hollow pasteboard globe 7.8 inches height on turned wood ebonized base mounted with brass pedestal and pendulum apparatus with round weighted piece on which globe is mounted pivoting on top of pedestal held by tightening lever. ANONYMOUS. UNKNOWN. c Mid 19th Century. Side mounted brass quarter ring incised with degrees from 0 degrees to 80 degrees indicating declination of the earth orb. Unusual teaching globe with outlines of continents, rivers and topography but without placenames. Cities are represented by small circles, which students would name when pointed to by the teacher. Obvious in U.S. are Boston, New York, New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco. This is not only an extraordinary teaching globe, it is an amazing survivor considering the fragility of the paper globe. Some darkening, scratches, shellac thinning. Wooden base shows repair, otherwise good condition. I.D.#10131.  SOLD.

RARE AMERICAN HOLBROOK HINGED SCHOOL GLOBE

American. Charles W. Holbrook. [Holbrook Apparatus Mfg Co.] untitled. 3" diameter orb cut in half and hinged. Coated paper gores mounted on outside of orb while flat hemispheric maps mounted within. Without meridian or mounting. Simple surface but showing tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Australia still called New Holland suggesting the gores were derived from an earlier pocket globe. Also shows a nautical route in the Pacific. Unusual hemispheric teaching globe intended to instruct children on the relationship between the earth on a globe and the flat hemispheric maps seen in school atlases. Holbrook Apparatus Mfg Co. Wethersfield, CT. c1855. Charles W. Holbrook (fl.1843-1873) was from Ohio but lived in Wethersfield between 1854 and 1858. After that he returned to Berea, Ohio. His work is scarce but we previously sold a salesman sample of a larger mounted globe in a carrying box. He was most prolific in the period after the Civil War when he imported orbs from England. I.D.#10204. (Have many more photos if needed)

[BOOK] SMITH, ROSWELL C. Smith's Quarto, Or Second Book In Geography. A Concise And Practical System Of Geography, For Common Schools, Academies, And Families. Designed As A Sequel To The "First Book". Illustrated With Thirty-Two Steel Maps And Engravings. ...Thirty-Fifth Edition. Another issue without the word 'numerous' in the title. DANIEL BURGESS & CO. NY. 1855. Big 4to, 84 p. 20 full-page and 2 double-page hand colored maps, cuts. Ex-library, rebound and slightly trimmed. Contains on the last leaf a cut of Silas Cornell's globe and instruction in the use of globes. I.D.#04301.

EXTRAORDINARY PAIR FROM A MASONIC LODGE HALL. EXCEPTIONAL FOLK ART STANDS

American Moore & Nims. The Franklin Terrestrial Globe 10 inches in diameter containing all the Geographical Divisions & Political Boundaries to the present date carefully compiled from the best authorities. Moore & Nims Troy N.Y. | The Franklin improved Celestial Globe with the new Constellations. Merrian & Moore Troy, N.Y. Pre-Civil War 10 inch globe pair from an old lodge hall which accounts for their exceptional state of preservation. Either side of the Worshipful Master's chair are two tall columns which are usually topped with globes. Often these globes are commonplace ones; this is not the case here. The terrestrial globe shows "Russian America" for Alaska, thus dating them pre-1867. Unusual West in the United States with Dacota Territory and Idaho quite large including Wyoming. Tibet is called "Bod", India called Hindostan, Afghanistan is called "Cabool" and the Kenya region in Africa is "Zanguebar". The celestial globe may be slightly earlier than the terrestrial but they have always been together as a pair. Moore & Nims. Troy, N.Y.  c1858. Exceptional condition with original varnish. Not a restoration. They always being high on columnar pedestals meant that they were seldom handled. There is a small crack in the south China area extending down into "Barmah" (Burma). It rubs slightly within the full ring meridian at Hindostan. Also a couple small dents on the title label. The hand coloring is bright and sharp and the varnish is still shiney. The folk art bases are noteworthy, being hand carved polychrome of a lotus plant in green with white blossoms extending out. The bases are a special design done by or for the Masons and not original to the globes. Bases a bit dusty but fine folk art. Each base is 13 inches high and each globe stands about 25 inches. The leaves and protruding flowers give a somewhat ancient Egyptian look and extend out to 23 inches. A dramatic and decorative potential newelpost statement. Unlike any other globe pair we have ever encountered. I.D.#10171.  (Have many more photos if needed)

NIMS/COPLEY. Improved Globe. Manufactured for H.B. NIMS & CO./CHARLES COPLEY BOSTON/TROY, N.Y. 1861. 16" hollow orb weighted with buckshot. Time dials at both North and South Poles. Oceans finished in parchment tan with steel engraved gores. Ecliptic shows months, Equinoctial colure and analemma. On handsome turned basswood stand, full mounted with horizon ring with colored scale. Surface shows Colorado Territory in the United States (organized 1861) but does not show the towns of Blagoveschensk and Nicholaievsk, founded in 1858 and 1851, in the Saghalian Oula, a Russian district just north of Manchuria. Gores copyrighted 1852. Stand and horizon ring scale in fine original condition. Surface with some damage at South Pole and in North Atlantic. Professional repairs. Overall handsome globe. I.D.#08164. SOLD.

UNUSUAL EXTENDED MOUNTING

American. Perce's Magnetic Globe Pat. Mch. 15th 1864 for Elbert Perce. Charles Scribner. New York.  Hollow papier-mâché 5 inch orb without time dial mounted on a meridian much larger than to conform. Oceans finished in pea green with land surfaces in tan. With ecliptic and analemma. Adjustable brass meridian atop turned walnut column and dished base. Unusual civil war period American globe. Surface losses professionally restored. I.D.#10046.

RARE NEW YORK GLOBEMAKER/FINE EXAMPLE

J.W. Schermerhorn & Co. untitled. Very detailed 5" table globe. Engraved hand colored gores over plaster with probable paper mache core. Oceans in natural tan with ecliptic, analemma, many Pacific islands, detailed land masses with many place names. Unusual turned wood column and base ebonized with sides of base silvered and other wide points gilded. South pole opening in orb slips over post on top of stand and fits snugly in cup style holder. Continental United States shows no Gadsden Treaty border, large territories of Nebraska, New Mexico, Dacota, Utah, Oregon and Washington, but Alaska is (new) "U.S. Terr." Hence date is 1867-8. Strangely, cities, such as Olympia, Santa Fe, Austin, Macon and St. Paul are in larger type than their states or territories. A few small surface stains but overall in splendid condition. Fine example of a handsome small globe by scarce globemaker in possibly unique custom stand. J.W. Schermerhorn & Co. 14 Bond St. New York. c1867/8. I.D.#10193.

HANDSOME PAIR, TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL

English. G.F. Cruchley. Cruchley's New Terrestrial Globe | ... New Celestial Globe From the most recent authorities exhibiting the discoveries in equatorial Africa, North Pole and the new settlements & divisions of Australia, New Zealand, California, Texas &c. London G.F. Cruchley, map-seller, globe maker & publisher. 61 Fleet Street ... 1868. Issue that omits mention of the Cary family to which business they had succeeded. G.F. Cruchley. London. 1868 (actually dated). Celestial globe may be slightly older. 12 inch hollow orbs, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green, with tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, ecliptic, equinoctial colure and analemma. Each mounted on walnut turned tripod table stands with turned stretchers. Full ring brass meridians with stamped numbering, horizon rings with lithographed scales. Nice pair of mid-Victorian library table globes. I.D.#10140.  (Have many more photos if needed)

UNUSUAL STAND FOR A JOSLIN ORB

Joslin, Gilman. Joslin's six inch Terrestrial Globe containing the latest discoveries... Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Annin. Gilman Joslin. Boston. c1868. Coated gores over hollow metal, time dial and top screw at North Pole lacking. Detailed surface partly hand colored. Only analemma in Pacific. Mounted on an extraordinary precision machined cast iron revolving base, hand painted with gilt and floral accents. Base drilled for fastening screw. A few water spots but surface very clean. Unique in our experience, possibly custom made. Texas marked in bold letters with the earlier "strawberry" Republic of Texas border outline. "Houston" is prominently noted. I.D.#10007.

Joslin, Gilman. Joslin's nine and half inch Terrestrial Globe.   Manufactured by Gilman Joslin. Boston. 1869 (actually dated). Handsome 9.5" table globe with engraved and  hand colored gores over an orb of hollow metal dressed in  plaster. Time scales at North and South Poles are part of the  gore surface design, large analemma scale in Pacific. Oceans  finished a bright tan, northern and southern limits of wood, grain, vine and bananas shown. Shows tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Engraved brass half meridian fixed to a turned column over walnut dish base. Skilled repair in Indian Ocean, surface bright and clean.  Overall height 16 inches.  Western United States shows Civil War era boundaries. American globes prior to 1890 often used pre-Civil War maps as  their basis, updating geographical boundaries in colored inks on the surface during coloring. This one appears to be more current than many.   I.D.#10019.

  RARE NEW YORK GLOBEMAKER 

J.W. Schermerhorn & Co. untitled. Very detailed 5" table globe. Engraved hand colored gores over wood sphere, without time dial. Oceans in natural tan with ecliptic, analemma, many Pacific islands, detailed land masses with many place-names. Offset brass mount atop elegantly turned walnut column and base. Orb sets on to spindle without attachment screw. Continental United States has loss in Southwest, shows Minnesota, Ind Ter., Utah but no Yellowstone Park. Alaska is "U.S. Terr." A few small surface losses, surface browned. Attractive and rare globe J.W. Schermerhorn & Co. 14 Bond St. New York. c1869. I.D.#10050b.

[BOOK] GUYOT, ARNAUD. Guyot's Geographical Series. Introduction To The Study Of Geography. CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO./LEE & SHEPARD, ETC. NY/BOSTON. 1869. iv,118 p. 3 hand col. maps, illus., cuts. Gray blue pict. boards. Third edition of this title, with prefaces by Guyot and Mary Howe Smith. An important post-Civil War geography with advertising for wall maps and Perce's magnetic globes, on the endpapers. I.D.#06573.

American. Charles W. Holbrook. C.W. Holbrook's new 8 inch terrestrial globe with latest discoveries and oceanic currents. Charles W. Holbrook [Holbrook School Apparatus Co.] Berea, Ohio. c1870. Quality orb with coated paper gores over hollow metal sphere. Time scale at North Pole printed on the gores rather than on a metal disc. Surface finished in tan and light green with ecliptic, isothermal lines, 'race track style' analemma in Pacific. Full mounting with laminated wood horizon ring with fluited edges and finely engraved scale with artistic zodiac figures. Raised on cast iron tripod stand finished in black and gilt. While the mounting is American, the globe and meridian may be British. Circular title gives no place of manufacture and surface seems very similar to British Bacon or Johnston globes of the period. Very high quality brass full ring meridian. Descriptions of the Holbrook globes found in Ena L. Yonge, A catalogue of early globes (American Geographical Society, 1968) is misprinted and should read 1873 rather than 1837. The descriptions also derive from the sources of the items described rather than the dates of the geographic boundaries found on the surfaces. Alaska cited 'to United States' (1867), Hawaii still called Sandwich Islands. Dakota Territory still undivided and Indian Territory shown rather than Oklahoma but other western states have their present boundaries. Handsome little full mount globe preserved within a black finished pine carrying case with lock. Case needs key supplied and small repairs. Meridian ring broken and repaired, some surface rubbing in southern hemisphere. I.D.#08223. SOLD.

ENGLISH VICTORIAN SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION GLOBE

Malby, Thos. & Son. Malby's Terrestrial Globe, compiled from the latest & most authentic sources, including all the recent Geographical Discoveries. George Philip & Son, map & atlas publishers, 31 & 32 Fleet Street, London. George Philip & Son. London. c1870. after 1856. 9 inch hollow orb probably of copper. Without time scale at North Pole. Engraved gores, oceans in pea green. "Race track" analemma. Detailed surface but emphasis is on physical features rather than political. Without state boundries in U.S. and national borders vague. Mounted on turned walnut column on round turned walnut base with globe within brass full meridian, set in center of square wooden screen to which is attached an adjustable moon. Mounted to demonstrate the path of the moon's orbit along the ecliptic; entire assembly mounted with ecliptic parallel to the floor. Orb surface a bit stained in Western Hemisphere with one bracket supporting wood screen repaired otherwise in fine period condition. Unusual early demonstration globe. I.D.#10126.

English. untitled. [7 inch globe] England. c1870. 7 inch orb, gores over plaster. Oceans finished in pale green. Simplified surface with only rudimentary nomenclature. Shows some ocean currents. No time dial. Without meridian. Raised on ornate offset bracketed stand; three paw foot legs with three humanoid masks of moustachioed men. Stand has raised monogram EB; title label lacking. United States sparsely named; Prescott and Santa Fe only towns in Rocky Mountain southwest. Many location errors. Austin placed in the Great Basin instead of Texas, Azores is in mid Atlantic. Darfur is named in Africa but too far south, Soudan is shown in West Africa and Libyan Desert impinges on Egypt. Surface cleaned but many small spots repain. Couple surface repairs, later gilt paint on stand. Still an unusual and attractive antique globe. I.D.#10190.

JOSLIN, GILMAN. Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing The Latest Discoveries ... By W.B. Annin. BOSTON. c1870. Very handsome 6 inch table globe with engraved and hand colored gores over an orb of hollow metal dressed in plaster. Time scales at North and South Poles are part of the gore surface design, large analemma scale in Pacific. Oceans finished a subdued tan. Carefully engraved brass half meridian fixed to an ebonised hardwood stand with turned baluster above a round turned base. Overall height 11.25 inches. Western United States shows Alaska (1867) rather than Russian America. Texas shown with Houston as capital. Emphasizes horticulture with lines showing northern and southern limits of vines, bananas and grain. Very nicely preserved with only a couple slight surface repairs, one in U.S. Southwest. Period stand with fine patina. I.D.#08962. SOLD

VERY RARE WESTERN TABLE GLOBE

Merwin, J. B. School Supply Company. New Eight Inch Globe. J.B. Merwin School Supply Co. St. Louis, Mo. c1870. 8 inch orb with coated paper gores over cork. Time pointer at North Pole. Oceans finished in dark buff with some tinting to continents. Shows ecliptic, isothermal lines and large racetrack style analemma. Tibet also called Bod. Sandwich Is. Hawaii, Cabool is Afghanistan, Hindoostan is India, Anam instead of Annam is Vietnam. Shows Alaska so it is after 1867 but no Yellowstone Park which was created in 1873. Stamped bronze full ring meridian in brass cap above laminated turned column of walnut and basswood, above dished round turned bleached walnut base. Considerable expert restoration at equator with some loss but a very scarce survival.    I.D.#08278. SOLD.

Malby & Sons. Malby's Terrestrial Globe Compiled from the latest & most authentic sources, including all the recent geographical discoveries. Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross. London. c1870. 6 inch orb. Coated paper gores over hollow metal, no time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with land masses outlined in dark green. Has equator, ecliptic and a "racetrack" style analemma. Raised on a turned dish base and column supporting a half meridian-like conforming brass ferule. Shows many Pacific Islands not shown on other globes, with Russian, Chinese, Japanese Empires, the Argentine Republic. Hawaii is called Sandwich Islands with "Owhyhee", Alaska no longer Russian. Shows "New York" in California, Lewis & Clark's Ft. Mandan, Utah with Great Salt Lake (and city), Filmore City, in Missouri, Jefferson and Columbia shown instead of St. Louis. In the Northwest are shown Ft. Nezperces, Puget Sound, Astoria, Oregon means the place, state and mountains. Upper part of Rocky Mountains called "Oregon Mts." Texas shows Houston, Galveston, Salem, "Brazoria," and Victoria. Texas and New Mexico both named but without border. An accurate globe for the period by one of the best English map publishers, Stanford. Expertly restored.  I.D.#10038. SOLD.

 HANDSOME ENGLISH FULL MOUNT TABLE MODEL

Wyld, James. Wyld's Globe of the Earth with the latest discoveries. James Wyld. London, Charing Cross. 1871. Coated paper gores over plaster, lacks time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with steel engraved gores, British Empire in pink, other countries in either green or tan. Has ecliptic and analemma which is titled The Declination of the Sun for every day in the year. Intended for the correct setting of clocks. On a traditional turned walnut four leg table stand with turned stretchers, brass engraved full ring meridian, tan engraved horizon ring showing months and astrologic signs. Hawaii called Sandwich Islands. Alaska/(Russian) America to the United States. In Texas are shown Houstin (sic), S. Antonio, Austin, "Uacosi" (near Dallas Ft. Worth) and "Nacogdoch" for Nacogdoches. Shows Florence in Alabama and Columbas (sic) in Mississippi but not Memphis. Also other anomalies.    Surface rather pitted and stained in Southeast Asia. Legs of stand somewhat pitted. A high Victorian English home globe. Height 17.5 inches.  I.D.#08277.

SCARCE ANDREWS TELLURIAN CIRCA 1872

Andrews, A.H. & Co. Andrews Eight Inch Terrestrial globe with the latest discoveries and Oceanic currents.  A.H. Andrews & Co. Chicago, Ill. c1872. Dull paper gores over plaster.  Without time dial. Mounted as a tellurium.  Oceans finished in pea green with  isothermal lines, ecliptic, ocean currents and elliptical  analemma.  Mounted on end of nickel plated gear case arm from metal post protruding from a chromed dome cover above a heavy  iron twelve sided base.  Base decorated with seasons scale and  figures of the zodiac in colors, minor flaking and losses.   Gear  train still functions. Serrated metal sun figure sits atop center post and has a metal rod protruding through it holding a black and white painted orb. A complex movable apparatus fits around the earth globe with two fixed semicircles and a third that pivots in the 90 degree range between the other two. A movable chromed pointer with incised gradients pivots from the north pole and reaches the equator. Africa shows mid-19th Century  boundaries; Dakota Territory not yet divided; Pre-Yellowstone Park. Orb with minor flaking at equator; otherwise good example of scarce size. Complete American telluria of this vintage are rare.    I.D.#08779. (Have more photos if needed)  **New Addition** March 2008

ANDREWS TELLURIAN CIRCA 1872

Andrews, A.H. & Co. Andrews Eight Inch Terrestrial globe with the latest discoveries and Oceanic currents.  A.H. Andrews & Co. Chicago, Ill. c1872. Dull paper gores over plaster.  Without time dial. Mounted as a tellurian.  Oceans finished in a dark pea green with  isothermal lines, ecliptic, ocean currents and elliptical  analemma.  Fine globe mounted on end of bronze decorated gear case arm protruding from a dome cover above a heavy  iron twelve sided base.  Base decorated with seasons scale and  figures of the zodiac in colors, minor flaking and losses. Portions expertly restored.  Gear  train still functions. The serrated metal sun figure and metal rod protruding through it holding a black and white painted moon orb, are entirely new but hard to detect. The complex movable cage-like apparatus that fits around the earth globe with two fixed semicircles and a third that pivots in the 90 degree range between the other two, is missing but could be restored at extra cost. A movable chromed pointer with incised gradients pivots from the north pole and reaches the equator is still present. Africa shows mid-19th Century  boundaries; Dakota Territory not yet divided; does not show Yellowstone Park in the U.S. Orb, due to the one time presence of this meridian cage, is in unusually nice condition. Scarce size.  I.D.#10305. (Have more photos if needed)  **New Addition** March 2008

COPLEY, CHARLES. Improved Globe. Boston. ... Manufactured By Gilman Joslin, Corrected To Date. NY. c1873. Gores and horizon ring scale first copyrighted in New York by Copley in 1852, stand and fitting by Joslin, Boston. 16 inch hollow orb dressed with plaster, with dull finish hand colored steel engraved gores. Hand engraved nickel three-spoke time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in light tan, large analemma scale with explanation in Pacific. Fine engraved nickel full ring meridian moving within a walnut equator ring and thumbscrew clamp, the ring supported by three conforming curved cast iron brackets. Fitted atop a cast iron baluster column with acanthus leaf embossing, raised on cast iron tripod legs with incurvate right angle knees with similar embossing ending in inverted trumpet flower feet. On wooden casters. The U.S. west shows the boundaries of the immediate post Civil War with the Gadsden Purchase boundary with Mexico (1854) incorrectly defined. The Dakotas are as yet undivided since this occurred in 1889. Equatorial horizon ring shows old repair with some losses to its steel engraved paper scales that show zodiac signs and precise year time and seasons. Surface loss in southern Africa area otherwise nicely preserved. Overall height 42.5 inches. Fine private library globe. I.D.#04394. SOLD.

FANTASTIC MASSIVE 30 INCH FLOOR GLOBE

Andrews, A.H. & Co. untitled. [Compass in base reads: Chicago Magnetic Needle A.H. Andrews & Co.] A.H. Andrews & Co. Chicago. c1875.  Custom American made surface derived in part from a wall map, some lettering in manuscript. 30 inch orb with unusual 36 coated paper gores over metal. Time indicated by heavy brass disc at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure, few ocean distances and routes, Atlantic cable and elliptical analemma.  Full mounting with a massive stamped brass full ring meridian with roller cradle at bottom. Supported from custom made American Esthetic period renaissance revival mahogany stand, in part ebonized and relief incised, its three legs supported by heavy glass marble casters. Horizon ring stands 37" from the floor raised by medici columns. Tucson is still capital of Arizona, South Dakota not yet divided, shows Yellowstone Park (1872), locates Atlantic cable dated 1866, "Alaska to United States", shows track "Cap. McClure 1850" (made in Behring Strait), Sandwich Islands" with "Owhyee or Hawaii". Indian Territory included Ockmulgee and Towson. U.S. forts include Ft. Union in Dakota, Ft. Laramie in Wyoming, Fts. Benton and Owen in Montana, Ft. Hall in Idaho. Unusual place names in Texas include Preston, St. Augustine, Nashville, Bastrop, Virginia, Richmond and Texana. Only the brass compass in base is lettered with maker name. Obtained by the previous owner from a Keokuk, Iowa mansion of a Mississippi River steamboat captain, where it had stood in the library since new. Width at horizon ring 37 inches. Overall height 54 inches. Excellent condition with only a few slight chips or blemishes. The oldest American 30" globe we have ever handled. I.D.#10125.  (Have many other photos if interested.) 

JOSLIN, GILMAN. Joslin's Terrestrial Globe Containing All The Late Discoveries And Geographical Improvements, Also The Tracks Of The Most Celebrated Circumnavigators. Compiled from Smith's new English Globe, with additions and improvements by Annin & Smith. Revised by G.W. Boynton. Manufactured by Gilman Joslin. Boston. c1875. (after 1872, before 1889). Fine 12 inch table globe with engraved and hand colored gores over an orb of hollow metal dressed in plaster. Time scales at North and South Poles are part of the gore surface design, large analemma scale in Pacific. Oceans finished a subdued tan, each exploration voyage track dated. Engraved brass half meridian fixed to a walnut stand with turned baluster above a round turned base. Overall height 21.25 inches. Western United States shows Yellowstone Park (1872) and Dakota Territory undivided. Nicely preserved with only a couple slight surface blemishes. Stand and meridian in as found condition. I.D.#07492. SOLD.

SCARCE FELKL ORRERY

Felkl & Sohn, J. untitled a late 19th century table orrery, the 3.5 inch diameter terrestrial globe titled DIE ERDE and signed J. Felkl & Sohn... Surface of orb rather abraded. Crank at one end activates the steel axis pin fastened with brass collars by means of a gear train in an octagonal brass gear box and visible above. An horizon plate at the crank end has a printed paper Zodiac calendar dial with candle holder, reflector and pointer, the arms supported with a scroll support and a moulded baluster column with circular plinth base. 27 inches long. J. Felkl & Sohn. Rostok B. Prag. n.d. 1870's. Literature: The world in your hands 10.1-7; Op cit. Christie's South Kensington. Sale 7641. 25 Jun 1997, lot 28  I.D.#09989. (Have more photos if needed)

 EXTRAORDINARY OZ-LION/GRYPHON CAST STAND

H. B. Nims & Co. The Franklin Terrestrial globe 12 inches in diameter containing all the Geographical Divisions & Political Boundaries to the present date carefully compiled from the best authorities. Rae Smith, engraver, N.Y. H.B. Nims & Co. Troy, N.Y. c1875. Copper engraved paper gores over plaster. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans and entire surface finished in tan with portions showing original green coloring. Unusually handsome American full-mount table globe showing in the Pacific the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, ecliptic, large analemma and the tracks of many early Pacific explorers such as La Parouse, Vancouver and Wilkes of the U.S. Exp. Exped. 1841. Hawaii called 'Sandwich Isles' and includes "Attoi" and "Mowee." Cast iron full ring meridian. Handsome steel engraved horizon ring scale with artistically stylized zodiac figures. Unusually handsome American Gothic Revival cast iron stand, nickle plated, being a sawbuck trestle with the end pieces connected by a wide stretcher centered on both sides with a lion mask. The red finished wooden horizon ring is supported by two cornucoepia, the feet below being winged Assyrian style lions. We have never before encountered a globe mounting such as this. Rae Smith is an unusual map engraver whose only mention in Tooley's Dictionary of mapmakers is a map of Montana done in 1865. Details in North America include Alaska Territory, Pacific R.R. from Omaha to San Francisco is the only railroad shown (1869), "National Park" is Yellowstone (1873). Dacota is still undivided but shows Bismarck, Fargo, Yankton and Deadwood. In Arizona the capital is Tucson, shows Ft. Yuma and Prescott with an odd placename, 'Mohave C.'on Colorado River. Thirteen California placenames including Mariposa and Marysville in the Gold District. Indian Territory is intact with no sign of Oklahoma. Colorado shows Leadville, Denver and Central City. In Texas there are Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Matagorda, Corpus Christi, El Paso. In the Atlantic are shown locations of undersea cables to Ireland and to France. A highly superior set of gores with much more detail on dates of discovery. Orb surface professionally restored. I.D.#09980.

Anonymous. English. untitled. [3 inch child's globe]. Waxed paper gores over cork. No time dial. Highly detailed surface with oceans finished in tan showing ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and equinoctial colure. Offset mounted on bent wire stand. Southwest Africa shows only Great Famaqueland [Namaqualand], Walfish Bay 1878, Damara [Damaraland] and Ouampo. It is believed the 1892 Rand, McNally miniature globes were based on this since all place names here are repeated. London ? c1879. Fine condition, unusual survival. I.D.#09944. SOLD.
 

DETAILED 3 INCH TABLE GLOBE. 1870'S

English. Anonymous. untitled [terrestrial globe] Coated paper gores over cork. No time dial or meridian. Oceans finished in olive green with ecliptic with scale, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Hawaii still spelled Owyhee. Shows Pto. Rico in Caribbean. Rises from a turned basswood stand that resembles a large chess piece. Height 6.5". Round brass finial at north pole, orb itself is weighted. Surface has darkened to a warm greenish brown patina, not obscuring a myriad of placenames in minutely small type. Shows Damaraland, Great Famaqueland, Ouampo and Walfish Bay (1878) in southern Africa; Great Wall in Chinese Empire; Liu Kiu Is(lands) and Bonin Is(land) off Japan called Nippon; shows (Yellowstone) National Park (1872) in U.S. Probably 400-500 placenames legibly dot this miniature globe. London. c1879. A quite attractive and extraordinarily detailed miniature globe. I.D.#10135.

JUVET'S INTERESTING FULL MOUNT TIME GLOBE

Juvet & Co. Time Globe Manufactured by Juvet & Co. Canajoharie, N.Y.U.S.A... Patented in America - May 18, 1880 Juvet & Co. Canajoharie, N.Y. c1883. First patented in the U.S. in 1867, then again in 1877, French patent was 1877 and English ones in 1867, 1877 and 1879. Coated paper gores with oceans finished in pea green. Detailed surface with equinoctial colure, ecliptic, isothermal lines, ocean currents, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma. The word 'time' refers to the large glass clock dial at top with moveable hand so that time at any point on the earth can be determined. Wide ferule-like brass meridian supports time dial and horizon ring which is of thin steel finished on both sides. Raised on turned dish base and baluster column finished in black. Some surface checking in northern hemisphere, misregister at equator, otherwise attractive and well preserved.  I.D.#08285.

NIMS & KNIGHT. The Franklin Terrestrial Globe 10 Inches In Diameter Containing All The Geographical Divisions & Political Boundaries To The Present Date Carefully Compiled From The Best Authorities... TROY, N.Y. c1889. 10 inch plaster orb with coated paper gores. Time dial part of the design at North Pole. Land and oceans finished in tan, steel engraved. Shows Ecliptic, major exploration routes and elyptical analemma. 1889 geography as I.D.#08072 but more simple. Axis pivot only from an offset rod raised on a shaped tin column from a raised dome on a large round weighted tin base. Entire mount transfer painted in shades of green in a stylized leaf design. Shows North and South Dakota in U.S., Indian Territory with no Oklahoma. Angola or Congo Free state not yet shown in Africa. Dust soiling and surface damage at equator in Africa. Handsome and unusual American globe mounting. Possibly unique. Includes the Franklin Globe Manual. NY, 1872. I.D.#08094.

UNUSUAL METAL AND MAHOGANY BASE

Schedler, H. H. Schedler's terrestrial globe 12 in. diameter, compiled from the latest most authentic sources including all the recent Geogr. Discoveries. Containing the principal lines oceanic steam communication & submarine telegraphs, pat. Nov. 24th, 1868. Copyright 1889. H.Schedler. Jersey City, N.J./New York. c1889. Coated paper gores over cork, time dial at North Pole. Shows ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Bold undersea currents. Orb expertly restored. Sits within a full ring meridian and an unusual three-leg stand with turned mahogany legs and cast iron stretcher and horizon ring. Gives ten place names in Texas, "Talequah" and "Indian Terr." Still shows "Alaska/Russ.Terr." Horizon ring blackened otherwise attractive patina.  I.D.#10009.

ANDREWS, A. H. & CO. Andrews' 18 Inch Terrestrial Globe. CHICAGO. c1890. Dramatic large orb of plaster over wood, dull paper gores, with a brass time scale at North Pole. Oceans finished in an olive green showing an analemma scale in the Pacific. Title cartouche with British Royal arms indicating possible engraving of the detailed gores in England. Raised without meridian from a finely turned walnut pedestal, turned from a single piece 16 inches in diameter across the base. Welded iron bracket with set screws. The United States shows the division of North and South Dakota which occurred in 1889. Oklahoma and Indian Territory divided. All other geographic nomenclature is of the early 1890's. A few small surface blemishes and water spots. The ideal globe, very precise and scientific. Handsome globe-pedestal combination. I.D.#04206.

Andrews, A. H. & Co. Andrews' 18 inch Terrestrial globe, A. H. Andrews & Co. Chicago. c1890. Dramatic large orb of plaster over wood inner frame, dull paper gores, with a brass time scale at North Pole. Oceans finished in an olive green showing an analemma scale in the Pacific. Title cartouche with British Royal arms indicating engraving of the detailed gores in England. Orb remounted on a cast iron art nouveau floor stand and meridian. New finely machined spindle and base bracket. New mahogany horizon ring, crack in meridian welded. Shows the division of North and South Dakota which occured in 1889. Oklahoma and Indian Territory divided. All other geographic nomenclature is of the early 1890's. Some surface losses at equator, darkening in northern hemisphere. Handsome. I.D.#09955.

HANDSOME ENGLISH FLOOR GLOBE