Lot Essay
in restored condition. some areas of manuscript infill and possible facsimile. the compass to the base a modern facsimile. Overall in excellent shape for the restoration work.
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T.M. BARDIN, CIRCA 1836
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AN 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBE
T.M. Bardin, circa 1836
the cartouche inscribed To the Rt Honorable SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. K.B. President of the Royal Society This New British Terrestrial Globe [...] Is respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient h'ble servants W. & T.M. Bardin, with further retailers cartouche for S.S. EDKINS & Sons, comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, supported in graduated brass meridian ring mounted in mahogany stand bearing calendrical horizon ring.
41in. (104cm.) high
T.M. Bardin, circa 1836
the cartouche inscribed To the Rt Honorable SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. K.B. President of the Royal Society This New British Terrestrial Globe [...] Is respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient h'ble servants W. & T.M. Bardin, with further retailers cartouche for S.S. EDKINS & Sons, comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, supported in graduated brass meridian ring mounted in mahogany stand bearing calendrical horizon ring.
41in. (104cm.) high