A PAIR OF MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES

THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE BY J. & W. CARY, DATED 1816, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE BY G. & J. CARY, DATED 1836

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES
The terrestrial globe by J. & W. Cary, dated 1816, the celestial globe by G. & J. Cary, dated 1836
The celestial globe signed CARY'S NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE/ON WHICH are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 Stars/Selected from the most accarate observations and calculated for the year 1800/With the extent of each Constellation precisley defined/By Mr. Gilpin of the ROYAL SOCIETY/Made and Sold by J.&W. Cary/Strand, London, Jan. 1, 1816, the terrestial signed CARY'S/NEW/TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/DELINEATED /From the best Authorities extant; Exhibiting the the late discoveries toward the north pole and every improvement in geography to the present time/London/Made & Sold by G. & J. Cary, 86 St. James' Street, Jan 1, 1836, each with zodiac calendar ring on a turned baluster column and downcurved legs with turned feet, joined by a compass stretcher
34in. (86cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

John Cary in partnership with his brother William were one of the foremost London map and globe sellers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They built up a thriving and prosperous business, both as instrument makers and map publishers. Their first globes were published in 1791 and they were soon producing globes at four different diameters.

George and John Cary, sons of John Cary Senior (d. 1835), continued the family globe-making business started by John and William Cary in 1791. Together with the firms of Newton and Bardin, globes made by the Carys accounted for the majority of globes produced in England during the early 19th Century (see 'The World in Your Hands', Exhibition Catalogue, London, Christie's, 1994, pp. 64-5).

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