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A pair of John Dovaston 9-inch manuscript terrestrial and celestial table globes, English, 18th century, (2) image 1
A pair of John Dovaston 9-inch manuscript terrestrial and celestial table globes, English, 18th century, (2) image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 169

A pair of John Dovaston 9-inch manuscript terrestrial and celestial table globes,
English, 18th century,
(2)

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

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A pair of John Dovaston 9-inch manuscript terrestrial and celestial table globes, English, 18th century,

each sphere mounted in brass meridian and horizon ring marked with calendar, degree, compass point and signs of the zodiac,
each 16in (41cm) high (2)

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Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.

For full description see 'An 18th Century Yeoman-polymath and a Pair of Manuscript Globes, "intended for the wife of his son"', Bulletin of the Science Instrument Society, No. 65, by Stephen Edell.

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