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FOREST, J., Paris
GLOBE TERRESTRE Dressé par J. FOREST En Vente chez l'Auteur 17 rue de Buci PARIS Gravé par A. Soldan [c.1900]
A 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial globe, made up of twelve printed and darkly coloured paper gores and two polar calottes, the oceans clearly marked with major currents and steamship routes, the continents marked with major rivers and railway lines, and coloured yellow, pink and green, with national and state boundaries marked in red, (some surface cracks, abrasions, discolouration and paper loss), with plain gilt-brass meridian half circle and ivory finial, mounted on gilt-brass column and foliate decorated plinth base -- 7.1/8in. (18.1cm.) high
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GLOBE TERRESTRE Dressé par J. FOREST En Vente chez l'Auteur 17 rue de Buci PARIS Gravé par A. Soldan [c.1900]
A 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial globe, made up of twelve printed and darkly coloured paper gores and two polar calottes, the oceans clearly marked with major currents and steamship routes, the continents marked with major rivers and railway lines, and coloured yellow, pink and green, with national and state boundaries marked in red, (some surface cracks, abrasions, discolouration and paper loss), with plain gilt-brass meridian half circle and ivory finial, mounted on gilt-brass column and foliate decorated plinth base -- 7.1/8in. (18.1cm.) high
See Colour Illustration and Detail (trade label)