A Rare, Early English Pocket Globe
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Terrestrial Pocket Globe. CUSHEE, Leonard
[London, c. 1755]
A New Globe of the Earth by L. Cushee. .
2 ¾ inches, diameter
Copper-engraved gores with period hand color over papier mache and plaster sphere. Varnished. Wooden concave case in two parts covered with black sharkskin and lined with celestial maps of the northern and southern sky. Without metal pivoting pins, some scattered abrasion and staining primarily confined to Pacific, else a quite bright, excellent example.
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Handsome Set of Globe Gores
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World Map. SCHERER, Heinrich
[Munich, 1700]
Typus Totius Orbis Terraquei Geographice Delineatus.
8 ½ x 13 ¾ inches
Fine hand color; excellent condition
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A Beautiful Pocket Globe by Capt. Cook’s Instrument Supplier
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Terrestrial Pocket Globe/ Australia. [ADAMS, George Sr.]
[London, 1773]
A Correct Globe with the new Discoveries.
2 ¾ inches, diameter
Copper-engraved gores with period hand color over papier mache and plaster sphere. Varnished. Wooden concave case in two parts covered with black sharkskin and lined with celestial maps of the northern and southern skies, in excellent condition. Without metal pivoting pins & brass eyelets; mended crack in lower Atlantic & slight damage in South Pole, a few small areas of abrasion, else fine condition with a bright, clear patina.
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Weight of the World Magnified
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Miniature Terrestrial Globe/ Paperweight. AMERICAN GLOBE AND SCHOOL SUPPLY CO./ RAND MCNALLY
[Seneca Falls, NY, 1891]
Rand McNally & Co.’s New 3 Inch Terrestrial Globe Copyright 1891, by Rand, McNally, & Co.
3-inch diameter globe anchored in magnifying glass as issued; 5 ½ inches total height. Color-printed, wax-engraved (?) gores; some fading of place names, a few repair in extreme southern portion, but overall remarkably little wear; overall excellent condition.
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A Striking English Pocket Globe
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Terrestrial Pocket Globe. LANE, Nicloas
[London, 1809]
Lane’s Pocket Globe. London. 1809.
2 ¾ inches, diameter
Copper-engraved gores with period hand color over papier mache and plaster sphere; varnished. Wooden concave case in two parts covered with black sharkskin and lined with celestial maps of the northern and southern skies, some cracking case; one of three clasps missing but two of three eyelets and polar pivots present. A few minor surface abrasions, two cracks to case, otherwise excellent condition with period color still vibrant.
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