An English 2 ¾-inch terrestrial pocket globe, Nicholas Lane London, dated 1829

cartouche printed LANE'S / Improved GLOBE / LONDON. / 1829; with its original fish-skin case with coloured celestial gore lining; and with modern plastic stand.

Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd., London

Overall good condition; the varnish to globe slightly yellowed and with small losses to varnish around the middle of Africa and a thin hairline age crack to the top of South America; the case with small age cracks and slight warpage consistent with age and use; the interior gores of the case with yellowed varnish with a few very minor areas of inpainting and restoration.
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