KLINGER'S KUNSTHANDLUNG, Johann Georg, Nuremberg

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KLINGER'S KUNSTHANDLUNG, Johann Georg, Nuremberg
The EARTH published by J.G. Klinger in NUREMBERG
A 2 3/8-inch (6cm.) diameter terrestrial miniature globe, made up of twelve hand coloured engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the prime meridian graduated and running through the Ferro Islands, the continents coloured and outlined, the Antarctic showing a partial coastline and Wilk. Ld. (surface lightly soiled) with two steel axis pins, contained in a cylindrical paper covered card case, the lid with hand coloured engraving depicting children studying globes titled DIE ERDE. THE EARTH. (light wear)

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Lot Essay

See note to previous lot (xx, The EARTH ... by J.G. Klinger). Although the labels to the case lids are very similar, there are slight differences. For example, the title of lot xx's is black text on white but the label of the present example is white text on black. The cartography of the two globes seems to be the same, showing the same detail in the Antarctic, although this lot, the larger of the two, has a little more detail (in Africa, for example). However, these differences are not between the physical features shown, but the number of place names marked.

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