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An unusual Van der Krogt Val II late reissue of a Gerard Valk globe. Cornelis Covens bought the Valk globe factory from his widow Maria in the late 18th Century
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COVENS, CORNELIS (1764-1825), Amsterdam
Cosmotheore Sire Globus Terrestris a Gerardo Valk olim vere exhibus - nunc secundum novissimus observationes multo emendatior editus a Cornelio Covens. Calcographo: 1820
A miniature table terrestrial globe, 6-inch (15cm.) diameter, made up of two sets of twelve gores and north polar calotte (the gores poorly mounted with some restoration to equator, and considerable restoration to South Polar region, some abrasions), metal axis, later unmarked brass meridian circle, mounted on a Dutch-style ebonised and oak stand, papered horizon circle supported by four turned ebonised legs, cross stretchers supporting the base plate and centrepost -- 10½-inches (27cm.) high
Cosmotheore Sire Globus Terrestris a Gerardo Valk olim vere exhibus - nunc secundum novissimus observationes multo emendatior editus a Cornelio Covens. Calcographo: 1820
A miniature table terrestrial globe, 6-inch (15cm.) diameter, made up of two sets of twelve gores and north polar calotte (the gores poorly mounted with some restoration to equator, and considerable restoration to South Polar region, some abrasions), metal axis, later unmarked brass meridian circle, mounted on a Dutch-style ebonised and oak stand, papered horizon circle supported by four turned ebonised legs, cross stretchers supporting the base plate and centrepost -- 10½-inches (27cm.) high
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