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MALBY, Dublin, 1859
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MALBY, Dublin, 1859

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MALBY, Dublin, 1859
A rare pair of 6-inch (15.2cm.) diameter table globes, each made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes and with overlaid cartouches, the terrestrial MALBY'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Compiled from the Latest & MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES Including all the recent Geographical Discoveries Manufactured for the Commissioners of Irish National Education DUBLIN 1859, the equatorial graduated in hours in both directions and in degrees, the meridian of Greenwich ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans with an analemma, the Antarctic showing the magnetic pole, projected coastline and labelled SUPPOSED ANTARCTIC CONTINENT, the continents with some nation states outlined in red and finely detailed with towns, cities, rivers, mountains, deserts and the Great Wall of China (varnish much darkened, several chips, several areas of discolouration and old cracks); the celestial MALBY'S CELESTIAL GLOBE MANUFACTURED FOR THE COMMISSIONERS of Irish National Education DUBLIN 1959, the gores laid to the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the stars to six orders of magnitude and numbered from the British Catalogue (varnish much darkened with some chips and old cracks and bubbling marks), both spheres with unengraved meridian half-circle, baluster-turned mahogany column and circular plinth base -- 10in. (25.4cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Whilst most globes by Malby are advertised as being produced for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, they are largely credited as being made in London. It would appear from the pair offered here that the company expanded along the same lines across the Irish Sea and produced globes for the Commissioners of Irish National Education, allowing them to engrave the name of 'Dublin' on the overlaid cartouches.

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