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STOKES, William, London
STOKES'S CAPITAL MNEMONICAL GLOBE, (Copyright), One Shilling, by Post 14 Stamps, of MR. WILLIAM STOKES, Teacher of Memory, Royal Polytechnic Institution, London, W. Ent.d at Stationer's Hall, Emshe & Sons, Engravers & Printers. PUBLISHED BY HOULSTON & WRIGHT
A rare folding globe, made up of eight engraved and coloured paper gores, laid on canvas, each gore 11¾in. (29.8cm.) long, the land masses outlined in colour, decorated over the African continent and Atlantic Ocean with a human face, each gore with brass rings at the North and South Pole (four missing), with suspension cord and the original oiled paper-card cover inscribed in ink this belongs to Thomas Roberts BNS, No. 6 1868
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STOKES'S CAPITAL MNEMONICAL GLOBE, (Copyright), One Shilling, by Post 14 Stamps, of MR. WILLIAM STOKES, Teacher of Memory, Royal Polytechnic Institution, London, W. Ent.d at Stationer's Hall, Emshe & Sons, Engravers & Printers. PUBLISHED BY HOULSTON & WRIGHT
A rare folding globe, made up of eight engraved and coloured paper gores, laid on canvas, each gore 11¾in. (29.8cm.) long, the land masses outlined in colour, decorated over the African continent and Atlantic Ocean with a human face, each gore with brass rings at the North and South Pole (four missing), with suspension cord and the original oiled paper-card cover inscribed in ink this belongs to Thomas Roberts BNS, No. 6 1868
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