.jpg?w=1)
ZEMEKOULE Vydal J. Felkl a syn Továrna ucebnych pomucek ROZTOKÁCH u PRAHY [c.1895]
Details
FELKL & Son, Jan, Roztok & Prague
ZEMEKOULE Vydal J. Felkl a syn Továrna ucebnych pomucek ROZTOKÁCH u PRAHY [c.1895]
A 48cm. diameter terrestrial library globe with text in Czech, made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and Greenwich meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated but not labelled, the oceans showing ocean currents, some areas with depth in metres, and some unlabelled steamship routes, the continents with nation states outlined in various colours and showing state boundaries, rivers, mountains, towns and cities (general abrasions and discolourations, nothing too serious), raised on a (later) ebonised baluster turned column with three carved inswept legs with scroll feet, the sphere itslf arranged via a hinge at 20°W and a sprung button catch, to open out to expose eboinised interior and two wall hooks for hanging (mechanism stiff)
116cm. high
See colour illustration
ZEMEKOULE Vydal J. Felkl a syn Továrna ucebnych pomucek ROZTOKÁCH u PRAHY [c.1895]
A 48cm. diameter terrestrial library globe with text in Czech, made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and Greenwich meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated but not labelled, the oceans showing ocean currents, some areas with depth in metres, and some unlabelled steamship routes, the continents with nation states outlined in various colours and showing state boundaries, rivers, mountains, towns and cities (general abrasions and discolourations, nothing too serious), raised on a (later) ebonised baluster turned column with three carved inswept legs with scroll feet, the sphere itslf arranged via a hinge at 20°W and a sprung button catch, to open out to expose eboinised interior and two wall hooks for hanging (mechanism stiff)
116cm. high
See colour illustration
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.