拍品專文
An unusual late reissue of a Gerard Valk globe. Cornelis Covens bought the Valk globe factory from his widow Maria in the late 18th Century
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COVENS, AFTER VALK, CIRCA 1803
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A 12-INCH DUTCH CELESTIAL GLOBE
COVENS, AFTER VALK, CIRCA 1803
comprised of 12 pairs of half gores and two polar calottes, hand-colouring, cartouche URANOGRAPHIA CAELUM Sive GLOBUS CAELESTIS à Gerardo Valk olimaere excusus nunc secundum norissimas observationes, ac multo emendiator editus à CORNELIO COVENS Calcographe 1803, with graduated brass collure, graduated brass meridian ring, supported in later wooden stand
21in. (53.5cm.) high
COVENS, AFTER VALK, CIRCA 1803
comprised of 12 pairs of half gores and two polar calottes, hand-colouring, cartouche URANOGRAPHIA CAELUM Sive GLOBUS CAELESTIS à Gerardo Valk olimaere excusus nunc secundum norissimas observationes, ac multo emendiator editus à CORNELIO COVENS Calcographe 1803, with graduated brass collure, graduated brass meridian ring, supported in later wooden stand
21in. (53.5cm.) high