A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CELESTIAL GLOBE

BY W. AND J.M. BARDIN, CIRCA 1800

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CELESTIAL GLOBE
BY W. AND J.M. BARDIN, CIRCA 1800
The eighteen-inch globe on a mahogany tripod stand, inscribed To the Rev. NEVIL MASKELYNE...
40 in. (102 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) diameter, overall (2)

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The complete inscription on this lot reads To the Rev. NEVIL MASKELYNE.....D.D.F.R.S. Astronomer Royal This New British Celestial Globe Containing the Positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae &c. Correctly laid down to the present period from the latest observations and discoveries by Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, The Revd. Fr. Wollaston &c.&c. Respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient H.ble Servents W. & T.M. Bardin.

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