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JAMES WYLD, (1812-1887) London
Wyld's World in Miniature, London 1853 and Wyld's Heavens in Miniature, London 1851
A pair of 3-inch diameter miniature table globes, each with twelve coloured engraved gores, the terrestrial hand-coloured, the oceans with the tracks of Captain Cook's voyages (one area of paper loss near trade label, old surface abrasions, some minor cracks), the celestial with magnitude chart, named constellations and selected planets and stars (some old surface abrasions and cracks), both globes with brass meridian half-circles (unengraved), on baluster-turned supports and moulded plinth bases -- 6¼-inches (15.8cm.) high
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Wyld's World in Miniature, London 1853 and Wyld's Heavens in Miniature, London 1851
A pair of 3-inch diameter miniature table globes, each with twelve coloured engraved gores, the terrestrial hand-coloured, the oceans with the tracks of Captain Cook's voyages (one area of paper loss near trade label, old surface abrasions, some minor cracks), the celestial with magnitude chart, named constellations and selected planets and stars (some old surface abrasions and cracks), both globes with brass meridian half-circles (unengraved), on baluster-turned supports and moulded plinth bases -- 6¼-inches (15.8cm.) high
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