DE AARDE, UITGAVE VAN C. ABEL-KLINGER TE NEURENBERG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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ABEL-KLINGER, CARL, NUREMBERG
DE AARDE, Uitgave van C. Abel-Klinger te NEURENBERG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
A 4.2 cm. diam. miniature terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-cloured engraved gores, the equatorial and ecliptic ungraduated, the continents outlined in green, blue, red, yellow and orange, showing rivers and the names of some countries and states, inscribed in Dutch and entitled DE AARDE, with brass axis pins (some discoloration to varnish) -lacking card box-

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Lot Essay

Art dealer and engraver Johann Georg Klinger (1764-1806) was the last great Nuremberg globe-maker. On Klinger's death, the firm was run by his widow under the title of Klingers Kunsthandlung. In 1831, control passed to engraver Johann Dreykorn who worked in co-operation with engraver Johann Adam Bühler (1813-1870), and with Johann Bernhard Bauer (1752-1839). During this period, the globes continued to be issued under the name of Klingers Kunsthandlung, although some bore the names Klinger, Bauer. In 1852, however, when merchant Carl Abel became manager of the firm, the title was changed to Abel and Klinger's Art Shop before becoming more simply C. Abel Klingers Kunsthandlung. The latter half of the nineteenth-century saw Klinger globes being issued in a variety of languages (including, as here, in Dutch) in an attempt to obtain a share of the European market. The firm was eventually dissolved after World War I.

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