A Pair of Celestial and Terrestrial Twelve-Inch Table Globes on Stands, Josiah Loring (1775 – ca. 1840), Boston, Massachusetts, Dated 1854 and 1855

Maple, paper and brass

Height 18 in. by Diameter 16 in.

The first with cartouche inscribed LORING'S/ CELESTIAL GLOBE/ Containing all the known Stars, Nebulae&c/ Compiled from the Works of/ WOLLASTON FLAMSTED/ DEJA CAILLE,/ HAVEIJUS, MAYER,/ BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE,/ The Transactions of the/ ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OG LONDON/ &c. &c./ From Smith's New English Globe/ Boston Josiah Loring 136 Washington St. - 1854; the second with cartouche inscribed Loring's/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ containing all/ THE LATE DISCOVERIES/ AND/ Geographical Improvements/ also the Tracks of/ the most celebrated Circumnavigators/ Compiled from Smith's New English Globe with/ additional improvements by Anmu & Smith/ Revised by G.W. Boynton/ Manufactured by Gilman Joslin, Boston/ 1855.

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