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17 000 SEK

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20 000 SEK

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CELESTIAL DESK GLOBE BY NEWTON. Newton´s New and Improved Celestial Globe on which all the stars taken from the best authorities are recalculated and accurately laid down. Manufactured by Newton & Son, Chancery Lane, London Published June in 1849.

Celestial desk globe created with 24 copper engraved and hand colored gores. It is surmounted by brass hour disc at the North Pole with a full bronze meridian. Raised on a turned three legged wooden stand with three support arms and central support. The horizon band features a colored paper ring showing degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, days and months of the year, and the names of the signs of the zodiac.

Height 36 cm, diameter of the globe 22 cm (about 9 inches).
Globe partly worn, some slight loss, horizon ring with some wear and very minor damages, some colour losses, stand slightly loose to one side.

Provenance: Castle of Lennartsnäs, Näs parish, Uppsala län, Sweden.

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Auktionsnummer:

546326

Datum:

2018-06-19