A PAIR OF REGENCY LIBRARY GLOBES
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A PAIR OF REGENCY LIBRARY GLOBES

BY CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1816, ON LATER MAHOGANY STANDS

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A PAIR OF REGENCY LIBRARY GLOBES
By Cary, London, circa 1816, on later mahogany stands
The terrestrial and celestial globes on four ring-turned stands joined by cross-stretchers, the terrestrial globe with label 'CARY'S/NEW/TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/EXHIBITING/The tracks and Discoveries made by/CAPTAIN COOK/also those of CAPTAIN VANCOUVER on the/NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA/And M. DE LA PEROUSE, on the COAST of TANTABY/TOGETHER/With every other Improvement collected from/Various Navigators and Travellers/to the present time/LONDON/.....March 1st 1816; The celestial globe labelled 'CARY'S/NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE/on which are lain down/THE WHOLE of the STARS NEBULAE etc./contained in the astromical works of the/Rev. F. Wollaston F.R.S./De La Cailee, Herschel, Hevillus, Maver/Flamsteed, Bradley, etc./Sold by Norie & Co., No. 37 Leaden Hall Street, March 1816'
The globes 18 in. (46 cm.) diameter, 40 in. (102 cm.) high overall (2)

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