Lot 169
A Fine Pair of American Twelve-Inch Globes, 1854-1855, Josiah Loring, Boston, each made from twelve hand-colored engraved gores, brass meridian circle with graduated degrees, the papered horizon rings with degrees of amplitude and azimuth, months, compass points and figural Zodiac signs, the terrestrial globe cartouche Loring'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 from Annin & Smith- Revised by G.W. Boynton Manufactured by Gilman Joslin, Boston- 1855, the celestial globe showing stars and constellations depicted by mythical beasts, figures and scientific instruments, its cartouche Loring's- Celestial Globe- Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae & c.- compiled from the works of Wollaston, Flamsteed, De La Caille- Havelius, Mayer- Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne- The Transactions of the- Astronomical Society of London- & c. & c.- From Smith's New British Globe- Boston, Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St., 1854, raised on turned cherrywood stands, height 171-2 in., width of stand 161-2 in. E5000-7000 Reference: Elly Dekker and Peter van der Krogt Globes from the Western World, London, 1993, pg. 126.
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