‘Die Erde wie sie jezt bekant’ C.B. and J.C.B. in Nbg. - Carl Bauer|POCKET GLOBE

Fine double pocket globe. [The Earth as it is now known]. A very desirable terrestrial and celestial "Mother and Child", or double globe; the terrestrial globe with 12 beautiful original hand-coloured engraved paper gores over a plaster sphere. All are nicely housed within the celestial globe made of two wooden hemispheres, each covered with 12 glorious engraved paper half-gores, which are both varnished. The celestial globe is clearly marked with "C. B. Nbg.", ca 6.5 cm., both contained in an original marbled cardboard box, with a Swedish signature, in old ink, on the lid (Johan Wilhelm) and the year 1817 or 1827 inside (indistinct). The gores stretch from pole to pole. The equator ring is graduated, and the circles of declination are every 30 degrees. The Celestial Globe: The gores are separated and are varnished, as is usual. The stars and the constellations are project… [Auteur: Carl Bauer|POCKET GLOBE] [Uitgever: Nürnberg, C. Bauer] [Titel: ‘Die Erde wie sie jezt bekant’ C.B. and J.C.B. in Nbg.]