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MINIATURE CELESTIAL GLOBE; FLETCHER, Peter.
Fletcher's New Celestial Globe. [London: Fletcher, c.1860].

22 October 2014, 13:00 EDT
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MINIATURE CELESTIAL GLOBE; FLETCHER, Peter.

Fletcher's New Celestial Globe. [London: Fletcher, c.1860].
A 3 inch (7.3 cm) diameter, 5½ inch-tall miniature celestial globe with full bronze meridian circle on later mahogany stand with three baluster turned legs joined by cross stretchers, mahogany horizon with applied hand-colored paper circle showing days of the month, signs of the zodiac, and degrees. 12 hand-colored engraved gores and 2 polar calottes. Signed between Andromeda and Pegasus. Small neat repair to northern hemisphere at Cepheus, repairs to stand.

A lovely miniature celestial globe, showing the circles of perpetual occultation and apparition, the constellations labelled in Latin and depicted as scientific instruments, and mythical beasts and figures.

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