A MATCHED PAIR OF GERMAN CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES ON EBONY AND EBONIZED STANDS**
SIGNED 'I.G. DOPPELMAIER' AND DATED 1735 AND 1736, STANDS LATER AND PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
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A MATCHED PAIR OF GERMAN CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES ON EBONY AND EBONIZED STANDS**
SIGNED 'I.G. DOPPELMAIER' AND DATED 1735 AND 1736, STANDS LATER AND PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with an octagonal support stand with four spreading ivory legs, with ball feet
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier was a cartographer as well as a respected publisher, mathematician, and author who lived from 1671 to 1750.
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