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Lot 433

Weinling, A. and Cie.
Brevet D'Inventions. Globe Terrestre dresse par L.Spies D'apres l'invention de A Weinling et Cie. Lith Simon P and F. Strasbourg: Marin and Schmidt, 1830.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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Weinling, A. and Cie.

Brevet D'Inventions. Globe Terrestre dresse par L.Spies D'apres l'invention de A Weinling et Cie. Lith Simon P and F. Strasbourg: Marin and Schmidt, 1830. An inflatable Chamois leather globe with printed lithographic image of the world, hand-colored in outline, diameter 190 mm. The leather globe with a rubber(?) blow up device inside, and set in a constructed stand, comprising a wooden horizon bar and quadrant supports, set on a turned fruit wood single column pillar and base, height 360 mm. The parts all contained in a card circular box, diameter 235 mm, the lid with a printed label titled "Globes Aerophyses terrestres & Celestes." Slight wear to the chamois globe, and slight rubbing to the edges of the box.

A charming and very rare educational inflatable globe assembled from a kit. The chamois globe is particularly inventive: the 12 gores of chamois leather are each separately printed in lithography with the geography of the world and glued together with polar calottes. The Bibliotheque Nationale has a pair of these inflatable globes dated 1830 (terrestrial) and 1833 (celestial), and in November 28th 2002, Christies South Kensington had a pair of these Weinling inflatable globes with Ambriose Tardieu's name on them and dated 1840 (unsold). A Weinling miniature terrestrial globe (2.75 inches diameter), dated 1850, came to the market in 2002.

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