[MALBY, Thomas and Son, London]

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[MALBY, Thomas and Son, London]
A NEW Terrestrial Globe Compiled from the LATEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES E. STANFORD Charing Cross LONDON
A 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial pocket globe made up of twelve hand finished, colour printed gores, the prime meridian marked Meridian of Greenwich, ungraduated, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours in roman numerals, clockwise and counterclockwise, the ecliptic graduated in days of the zodiac house and of the month, and showing the zodiac symbols and the names of the months, the continents coloured in outline, Alaska titled RUSSIAN AMERICA, the Antarctic with partial coastline marked SUPPOSED ANTARCTIC CONTINENT, and bearing the label MAGNETIC POLE hereabouts at about 155° East, the Arctic circle bearing the legend MAGNETIC POLE at about 98° West (cracked, revarnished), in turned mahogany case (lacking lid, rim damaged)

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Literature

CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON Globes And Planetaria Wednesday 25 June 1997 (London, 1997)
DEKKER, Elly and Peter van der KROGT Globes From The Western World (London, 1993)

Lot Essay

Dekker and van der Krogt note that Edward Stanford, "sold int. al. Malby's globes" (p. 179): for example, a globe signed "THOs. MALBY & SON .... 1859" with an additional label "EDWARD STANFORD AGENT" was sold in these rooms as lot 46 (25 July 1997). The Stanford label on the present globe has been pasted on, but comparison with lot xx demonstrates that this is a Malby globe retailed by Stanford (e.g. the cartography, the position of the pasted-on label, and the wording used to indicate the magnetic poles). This globe can be dated to the period between 1852 when Stanford established his business, and 1867, when Alaska was sold to the United States by Russia.

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