JENIG, Wolfgang Paul (d. 1805), Nuremberg

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JENIG, Wolfgang Paul (d. 1805), Nuremberg
A 4-inch (10cm.) diameter terrestrial miniature table globe, signed Jenig fecit on the meridian circle, made up of twelve hand coloured engraved paper gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, no ecliptic shown, the continents coloured in outline, showing the voyages of Captain Cook, and Clark and Gore (cracked and dented, some old restoration), with brass meridian circle divided into four quadrants, the lower pin clip with butterfly head bolt allowing the globe to be removed, on wooden stand with four baluster turned legs and plain octagonal horizon ring -- 8¼in. (21cm.) high overall

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Literature

Peter van der Krogt Old Globes in the Netherlands (Utrecht, 1984)

Lot Essay

This is a revised and updated edition of Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr's 4-inch (10cm.) terrestrial globe of 1736, the gores of which were engraved by Johann Georg Puschner. Van der Krogt notes that: "Towards the end of the 18th century (ca. 1789-1795), Doppelmayr's globes were republished by the Nuremberg publisher Wolfgang Paul Jenig, who used to engrave his name (Jenig fecit) and sometimes a date in the meridian".

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