.jpg?w=1)
Details
DELAMARCHE, Charles-François, Paris
A fine and rare late 18th/early 19th-Century tellurium, the 2¾-inch (7cm.) diameter terrestrial globe A PARIS Chez C.F. Delamarche rue de Foin S.tJacq. made up of twelve finely engraved and hand-coloured gores, the equatorial and meridian of Iceland graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the Antarctic with no coastline shown, the continents outlined in green and showing rivers, mountains, some cities, and the Great Wall of China, Australia labelled N.leHolland and showing projected southern/eastern coastline, taking in T. de Diemen as a promontary and joining up with New Guinea, New Zealand shown misshapen, California shown misshapen, Canada with almost no detail and no northern coastline (some discolouration, discrete redrawing in the Gulf of Mexico), mounted with geared mechanism above to operate the small wooden moon ball on wire arm, and geared mechanism beneath connected to the central gilt sun ball, a pointer arranged to read off the 7¼-inch (18.5cm.) diameter mahogany horizon plate with hand-coloured engraved paper with graduations in degrees, days of the month and days of the houses of the Zodiac, also with compass directions, the centre with gilt sunburst motif, raised on an elegant baluster turned ebonised column with gilt foliate decoration, on a circular plinth base with similar decoration -- 12in (30.5cm.) high
See Colour Illustration and Detail
A fine and rare late 18th/early 19th-Century tellurium, the 2¾-inch (7cm.) diameter terrestrial globe A PARIS Chez C.F. Delamarche rue de Foin S.
See Colour Illustration and Detail
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.