An assembled pair of Regency 15-inch terresterial and celestial globes, Cary's London, dated 1810 and 1820 respectively

the first with label that reads,CARY’s / NEW / TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, / Drawn from the most recent / GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS, / shewing the whole of the New Discoveries / with the / Tracks of the Principal Navigators / and every improvement in Geography to the present Time / London / London Published by G. & J.Cary St James’s St. May 1^st 1803

the second with label that reads,CARY’s / NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE, / ON WHICH / are carefully laid down the whole of the / STARS AND NEBULAE / contained in the Catalogues of / Wollaston, Herschel, Bode, Piazzi, Zach &c. / calculated to the Year 1820. / Made & Sold by J. & W.Cary No.181 Strand London 1818

Norman Adams, London August 31, 1972

Overall good restored condition; terresterial globe with small chips and marks to gores throughout; the gores are a largele; the south pole with a large semiciruclar scratch and appears to have repaired cracks along the hour ring; the horizon ring with some inpainted losses and cracks to paper; the paper is stable; the mahogany stand with loss to one bracket of quarter support; old repaired break to base of stem at join with one leg; the celestial globe in good restored condition; old repaired break to top of globe at join with meridian ring; old repaired breaks at join with meridian ring at base along the hour ring, and with some large circular scratches at base with some losses; interior of the globe with loose particles;the horizon ring with some small losses otherwise in fair condition; paper is stable; the stand with loss to one bracket of quarter support; old repaired breaks to tops of two legs; overall with usual minor scratches and bruises consistent with age and use.
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