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Lot 302

Sale 1138 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Feb 15, 2023 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000
Price Realized
$3,780
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

An Associated Pair of Regency Twelve-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
First by George and John Cary, London, Circa 1821; Second by John and William Cary, London, Circa 1816

the cartouche of the terrestrial globe reads Cary's New / Terrestrial Globe / Delineated / From the best Authorities extant / Exhibiting the late discoveries towards the / North Pole / and every improvement in Geography / to the present Time / London / Made & Sold by G.&J. Cary, 86 S. James's St. March 15th 1821; the cartouche of the celestial globe reads Cary's / New Celestial Globe / on white / are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars / Selected from the most accurate observations / and calculated for the year 1800. / With the extent of each Constellation precisely defined / By Mr. Gilplin of the Royal Society / Made & Sold by J&W Cary / Strand London Jan 1. 1816.
Height 25 x width 17 1/4 inches.

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