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M. THURY, CIRCA 1855
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AN EARLY FRENCH RELIEF GLOBE
M. THURY, CIRCA 1855
MÉDAILLE DE 2e. CLASSE EXPOSITION DE PARIS, 1855, Mèd.le de 1re Classe, Expon de Dijon 1858. - Méd.le d'Or Acadmie de Dijon BREVET D'INVENTION S.G.D.G. GLOBE EN RELIEF PAR THURY & BELNET GÉOGRAPHES, AUTEURS, ÉDITEURS, DIJON. Lith. Richard Dijon, 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter table relief globe made up of two sets of twelve chromolithographed raised gores and two polar calottes, the applied equatorial with divisions for degrees, the meridian through Paris, the oceans with numerous raised islands, the continents with raised areas and coloured in green and yellow and showing towns, cities, rivers and borders; with hour dial at the North Pole graduated meridian and horizon rings, raised on an cast-iron support of acorn form on a marble plinth -- with THURY, M. Notice sur la sphère terrestre en relief [...]. Paris: and Dijon: , 1855. 8° [222 x 138mm]. (Spotting, occasional dog-earing and fraying to edges.) Original blue paper wrappers (edges chipped with tears and losses). (2)
23in. (58.5cm.) high
M. THURY, CIRCA 1855
MÉDAILLE DE 2e. CLASSE EXPOSITION DE PARIS, 1855, Mèd.le de 1re Classe, Expon de Dijon 1858. - Méd.le d'Or Acadmie de Dijon BREVET D'INVENTION S.G.D.G. GLOBE EN RELIEF PAR THURY & BELNET GÉOGRAPHES, AUTEURS, ÉDITEURS, DIJON. Lith. Richard Dijon, 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter table relief globe made up of two sets of twelve chromolithographed raised gores and two polar calottes, the applied equatorial with divisions for degrees, the meridian through Paris, the oceans with numerous raised islands, the continents with raised areas and coloured in green and yellow and showing towns, cities, rivers and borders; with hour dial at the North Pole graduated meridian and horizon rings, raised on an cast-iron support of acorn form on a marble plinth -- with THURY, M. Notice sur la sphère terrestre en relief [...]. Paris: and Dijon: , 1855. 8° [222 x 138mm]. (Spotting, occasional dog-earing and fraying to edges.) Original blue paper wrappers (edges chipped with tears and losses). (2)
23in. (58.5cm.) high
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