177. ‘MECHANICK DIALLING: OR, THE NEW ART OF SHADOWS’
Charles Leadbetter, London, 1737, first edition, owner’s initials to frontispiece ‘WRD’, eleven folding engraved plates pertaining to the construction and use of various sundials, lists of mottos, appendix for meridian locations throughout Europe, how to prepare, glue and paint wall-mounted sundials etc., modern calf- backed boards -- 8 x 5½in. (20 x 14cm.)
£400-600 178.
A REPRODUCTION ARMILLARY SPHERE
constructed in brass with 10½in. diameter meridian and horizon rings, 3in. 18th-century-style globe with paper gores enclosed within zodiac ecliptic engraved with star signs, mounted on baluster base -- 20¾in. (52.5cm.) high
£400-600 177
179. C. ABEL-KLINGER (C. 1852), NUREMBERG: AN 8-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
signed as per title, made up of twelve printed and coloured gores with polar calottes with Dutch titles, the equatorial and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the oceans coloured a light green/blue, the continents coloured pale yellow showing mountains, rivers, towns, cities etc., Australia and Tasmania described as Nieuw Holland / Van Diemens Eil, mounted in wooden tripod stand with paper meridian -- 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
£1000-1500 178
180. A LATE 19TH CENTURY 12½-INCH DUTCH SCHOOL LIBRARY GLOBE
179
unsigned, printed with twelve coloured gores and two polar calottes with graduated equator line showing trade routes and trade winds, Australia and Tasmania described as Nieu Holland and Vandiemans Land. Continents outlined in red with differential shading for countries; principal towns and cities mentioned. Mounted in brass meridian within two-part tripod stand with paper horizon ring -- 29in. (74cm.) high
£500-800 181.
A MID 20TH-CENTURY GERMAN 13-INCH DIAMETER LUNAR GLOBE
RÄTHS MONDGLOBUS .. Liepzig made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes showing topography in shades of green on a yellow ground with place and area names and information about Russian exploration, the “dark” side of the moon left blank, raised on a turned bakelite foot -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high
The notes recording Russian explorations relate to the expedition of 1959, before the “dark” side of the moon had been recorded by the American Apollo flights. Although the photographic information for this globe was compiled in 1959, it was not accessible to the Räth until 1963, probably made to advertise the Russians’ space supremacy.
180 181 £500-800
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