Lot 630

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Description:

Wilson's thirteen inch terrestrial globe by Cyrus Lancaster Albany, New York, 1835
twelve lithographed gores on plaster sphere set within brass meridian circle, on mahogany stand with horizon ring showing the Zodiacal and Gregorian calendars, on fluted vasiform turning resting on tripod spider legs.
overall H37" Dia.40"

Provenance: Property from the Estate of the Binders of the Virginia Hunt Country.

Other Notes: Bearing engraved label: Wilson's 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 circumnavigators together with new discoveries and political alterations down to the present period.

    Condition:
  • chipping and cracking of plaster throughout globe including seams and an approximately 3"x3" area over the Bay of Bengal; several repairs to the stand; rubbing to lettering on the calendar; overall good condition with minor imperfections expected with age.


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December 5, 2009 10:00 AM EST
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