Lot 55
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LOTTER, Matthäus Albrecht (1741-1810), Augsburg
LOTTER, Matthäus Albrecht (1741-1810), Augsburg

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LOTTER, Matthäus Albrecht (1741-1810), Augsburg
GLOBUS COELESTIS in quo omnes Asterismi accurate delineati per MAtthæum Albertum Lotter. Aug Vind.
A rare 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter celestial globe made up of twelve finely-engraved hand-coloured gores and two polar calottes laid to the ecliptic poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments and labelled in Latin, a chart of the stars to six orders of magnitude and nebulae outlining the number of stars of each magnitude in either hemisphere with with combined totals, amounting to 1863 in all (some old neatly repaired cracks) with (later) stamped brass meridian circle and hour dial with pointer, the oak horizon ring with hand-coloured engraved paper graduated days of houses of the Zodiac with pictures, sigils and names in French, days of the month with names in french, thirty-two compass points, and Italian wind names, raised on a four-legged oak stand with rectangular-section pillars and bun feet, the circular base with inlaid compass with hand-coloured engraved paper, blued-iron needle and brass cap -- 19in. (48.3cm.) high

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Literature
DEKKER, Elly, and van der KROGT, Peter, Globes from the Western World (London, 1993)
van der KROGT, Peter, Old Globes in the Netherlands (Utrecht, 1984)
ZÖGNER, Lothar, Die Welt in Händen (Berlin, 1989)

Lot Essay

Little seems to be known of the globes of Mattäus Albrecht Lotter, beyond the fact that he took over the family engraving and publishing business - specialising in atlases and prints - from his father Tobias Conrad (1717-1777), who was in turn the successor to Matthäus Seutter. Van der Krogt lists a set of Lotter's gores as Lot 1, but states that "No globes were known of him". The gores conform to the globe here offered. Given the paucity of reference in the literature to the father and son, it is probable that these are the same gores as Dekker and van der Krogt mention as being included in a Homann atlas.

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