Exemplifying the height of late Georgian craftsmanship, these globes not only showcase the refined artistry of one of London’s premier globe makers but also reflect the rapid advancements in geographic and astronomical knowledge of the early 19th century, with the terrestrial globe continually updated to capture the evolving world.
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John and William Cary. Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe: Cary’s New Terrestrial Globe. 1799/1815.
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$ 125,000.00
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A masterpeice pair embodying the precision and elegance that defined the firm’s legacy, with the terrestrial globe meticulously updated to reflect the latest geographic discoveries, making them both a scientific instrument and a statement of refined Georgian craftsmanship.
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John and William Newton. Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. 1828.
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$ 85,000.00
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One of the earliest commercial globes to be issued by the Blaeu firm. Willem Blaeu, its founder, had worked with Tycho Brahe, the esteemed astronomer, from 1595 to 1596, and using Brahe’s new star catalog (not yet published), he issued a celestial globe for Anthonisz.
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Willem Jansz BLAEU. Terrestrial Table Globe. Amsterdam, 1602 [but after 1621]
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$ 90,000.00
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A fine example of a mid-19th century American floor globe from the Boston school of globe making
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Josiah LORING (1775 – ca. 1840) and Gilman JOSLIN, Loring’s Terrestrial Globe, Boston 1851
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$ 16,000.00
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the largest and one of the rarest globes to be issued by any British globe maker
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MALBY and Son. Reissued by James Wyld, Malby’s terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies. London, 1885
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$ 60,000.00
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A fine pair of attractive library globes on elegant “Georgian” stands. By the early 19th century, globes had become an essential element to any Englishman’s library or study, and Smith was among the leading English globe makes of this period. He was the Engraver and Map Seller Extraordinary to HRH Prince of Wales.
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Charles and Son SMITH. Smith’s Terrestrial Globe; Smith’s Celestial Globe. London 1830.
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$ 85,000.00
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A fine pair of attractive traditional library globes on distinctive English-style “Georgian” mahogany stands made by Malby and Son and sold by James Wyld II. James Wyld and his son, James II, were among the leading English map and globe makers of the mid-19th century, taking over as the principal map and globe maker from the Cary brothers and Newton.
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Thomas MALBY and Son. A Terrestrial Glob; A Celestial Globe (1860)…London 1860's
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$ 85,000.00
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An attractive American school tellurium built to show the relative movements of the inner planets around the sun.
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Trippensee Planetarium Company, A School Tellurium, Detroit, Michigan. ca. 1830’s
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$ 7,000.00
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A classic German school tellurium wired for electricity.
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Columbus Verlag, School Tellurium, Berlin, ca. 1930s
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$ 3,000.00
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George Cram established his geographical publishing business in Chicago around 1870, but after his death in 1928, his son moved the business to Indiana.
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George F. CRAM and Co. Cram’s Unrivaled Terrestrial Globe, Indianapolis, Indiana, c.1930
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$ 600.00
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On this globe, the US western boundary follows the Red River Northwest, as agreed in the Adam Onis treaty of 1819. The Pacific Northwest reflects the ambiguity of political control with the US and Great Britain jointly administering the region, a situation that continued up until the Oregon Treaty of 1846.
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John and William NEWTON. Newton’s New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton’s New and Improved Celestial Globe. London 1820.
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$ 48,000.00
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An attractive table globe, in the distinctive style of the Delamarche firm, one of the most successful late 18th century French makers of maps and globes and the successor of the great map and globe-making making family of Robert De Vaugondy.
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Charles-François Delamarche. Terrestrial Globe. Paris, 1791.
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$ 30,000.00
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A fine example of a Bonne globe. Globes by Bonne are rare on the market.
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Rigobert Bonne. Globe Terrestre ....Paris 1774.
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$ 60,000.00
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A magnificent pair of French library globes by the doyenne of French globe makers.
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Didier Robert DE VAUGONDY. Globe Terrestre; Globe Celeste. Paris, Terrestrial 1773; Celestial c. 1764
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$ 900,000.00
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A fine example of the 19-inch Coronelli library globe. This, the first Coronelli globe at 19 inches is particularly rare, being conceived and prepared on Coronelli’s tour of Europe.
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. Terrestrial Globe. London and Venice 1696.
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$ 85,000.00
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A fine surviving example of one of the earliest Italian table globes.
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Giuseppe di Rossi [After Jodocus Hondius]. Terrestrial Globe. Rome 1615.
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$ 90,000.00
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