AN EARLY GLOBE OF THE PLANET MARS

Louis Niesten, 1892

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AN EARLY GLOBE OF THE PLANET MARS
Louis Niesten, 1892
the 10cm-diameter globe comprised of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the cartography in red and black, cartouche GLOBE DE MARS dressé PAR L NIESTEN d’après les observations faites À BRUXELLES & A MILAN NOMENCLATURE SCHIAPARELLI NOMENCLATURE GREEN J. Lebèque & C.° Bruxelles. supported on later stand
8in. (20cm.) high

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The third produced globe of the planet Mars, preceded only by those of Hans Busk and Flammarion, this incredibly rare globe is the fourth recorded (the other three are in the Science Museum, London, the Museo La Specola Padua and the National Museum of American History Washington.

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