Lot 460
Malby & Sons 18 Inch Celestial Library Globe, London, c.1870
Lot 460 Details
Malby & Sons 18 Inch Celestial Library Globe, London, c.1870
on a mahogany tripod stand with a compass, and with a cartouche inscribed 'Malby's Celestial Globe, Exhibiting the whole of the Stars Contained in the Catalogues of Piazzi, Bradley, Hevelins, Mayer, la Cailleand Johnson, the Double Stars from Sir W. Herschel, reduced to the year 1870 by Jno. Addison, Manufactured and Published Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Malby & Son, 37 Parker Street, Litte Quenn Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London'
height 43 in — 109.2 cm
Estimate $2,500-$3,500
