DUBAIL, Edmond, Paris (c.1905)

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DUBAIL, Edmond, Paris (c.1905)
Globe Terrestre mésurant 0m50cent de diametre par Edmond Dubail, gravée par A. Soldan, Imp. Monroeq. J. Lebegue et Cie, éditeurs, 30 rue de Lille, Paris
A 19.11/16-inch (49.8cm.) diameter terrestrial globe, made up of 24 colour lithographed paper gores, and two polar calottes, the oceans showing the principal steamship trading routes in red (France) or blue or black (rest of the world), detailed hydrographic information including currents, various depths and 'apparent trenches' in the ocean floor; numerous geographical information to continents, the European interests and colonial areas coloured according to French, Ottoman, Spanish, British and German control; the Antarctic showing Scott's 1902/3 expedition; two cartouches incorporating table of symbols and list of steamship trading routes by nationality; metal axis with chromed turning handle at foot, chrome half meridian circle, graduated on one face, brass centre post with securing pin, mounted on a turned and fluted mahogany style plinth stand, with three splayed feet (varnish slightly browned) -- 50in. (127cm.) high

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Please note that this Lot has a revised estimate of £2,500-3,500

Lot Essay

An interesting library globe by Paris makers Lebegue and Co., using the information of Edmond Dubail. Dubail also compiled Bertaux's terrestrial globe of 1875. Traditional Lebegue are thought of as late 19th century globemakers. This globe indicates they were still in operation up to the first World War. The firm was founded by Alphonse Lebegue in Brussels in 1814.

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