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Lot 425

Cassini, Giovanni Maria. 1745-1824.
Globo Terrestre; Globo Celeste [30 cm diameter globes]. Rome: Presso la Calcofrafica Camerale, Dated 1790-92.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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Cassini, Giovanni Maria. 1745-1824.

Globo Terrestre; Globo Celeste [30 cm diameter globes]. Rome: Presso la Calcofrafica Camerale, Dated 1790-92.
10 hand-colored double-page engraved gore sheets, 4 sheets comprising 12 gores for each globe, with separate sheets for the horizon bars and calottes, making a globe of 30 cm diameter, each sheet 450 x 600 mm, and set within ruled borders, lettered with volume numbers at upper right; together with two additional sheets of meridian circles, each sheet 570 x 660 mm. Some light spotting to margins. Bound in modern calf.

A fine set of gore sheets, these examples extracted from the Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale published 1790-1801. The original gore sheets for Cassini's globes have a different border and are without volume numbers. Online David Rumsey Collection; Dekker Globes at Greenwich GLB0145 (mounted terrestrial globe).

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