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DELAMARCHE, Flix and FORTIN, Jean, Paris, 1780/1838
A trio of wood and pasteboard terrestrial, celestial and armillary spheres, all from the same workshop, the 8-inch (21.5cm.) diameter terrestrial GLOBE ADOPT PAR LE CONSEIL ROYAL DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE PAR DELAMARCHE Ingnieur Gographe Rue du Jardinet, 12. PARIS 1838 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equator and Paris meridian graduated in degrees, the former also with hours 1-XII twice, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the continents delicately outlined in green, and showing rivers, mountains, deserts, towns and cities, China showing the Grande Muraille, the Antarctic showing Terre d'Enderby, the Sandwich Isles labelled o fut tu le Capt. Cook en Fvrier 1779 (old surface abrasions and discolouration, some old repaired cracks, smalle areas of paper loss to mid-Atlantic and Antarctic); the 8-inch (21.5cm.) diameter celestial POSITION des Etoiles Fixes pour l'Anne 1780 Par le Sr. Fortin, Ingn. Gogr. Paris made up of twelve engraved paper gores and two polar calottes laid to the ecliptic poles, the axis running through the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the zodiac, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments with nebulae and stars shown to six orders of magnitude, those within constellations labelled with Greek letters (some areas of discolouration and abrasion); the armillary sphere with 2-inch (5.7cm.) diameter terrestrial globe at the centre GLOBE TERRESTRE A PARIS Chez Fx. DELAMARCHE Gog Rue de Jardinet No. 13 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, the equator and Mridien del'Isle de Fer graduated in degrees, the former with hours I-XII twice also, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the continents delicately outlined in green (surface discolouration and old abrasions, some overlapping of gores) with engraved paper sun and moon discs held on iron arms from the solistitial colure, edged in red and graduated in degrees in four qaudrants, the equinoctial colure, Artctic and Antarctic rings and the Tropical rings also edged in red and similarly graduated, the Zodiacal band graduated in days of the month with names and days of the houses of the Zodiac with names, symbols and pictures; all three mounted with a meridian circle edged in red and graduated in degrees in four quadrants, further showing the CLIMATS D'HEURES and CLIMATS DE MOIS, the hour ring with hours I-XII twice and iron pointer (missing on terrestrial and celestial), the horizon ring edged in red and graduated in degrees, days of the month with names and days of the houses of the Zodiac with names, symbols and pictures, and compass directions, raised on four red-edged papered quadrant supports listing the Ascension and Dclinaison of the stars of sixteen constellations twice [celestial and armillary] or the latitudes and distance from Paris of sixteen towns twice [terrestrial] (surface discolouration, some old abrasions), raised on ebonised baluster turned column and plinth base, each -- 18in. (47cm.) high
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