Two celestial and terrestrial desk globes that can form a counterpart. The celestial globe in wood and cardboard with fine polychrome engraving showing the constellations and their symbols.
Signed in a cartouche M.DELALANDE de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, dated 1779 and engraved LATTRE à Paris, the engraved brass meridian circle.
The wooden and cardboard globe signed in a cartouche addressed to
M BONNE, premier Hydrographe du Roy au dépôt de la marine 1776.
Another cartouche bears the inscription Chez LATTRE à Paris, graveur du Roy. Each globe is presented on a four-columned desk mount in blackened wood with gold fleururette decoration. The upper part shows the months of the year, geographical indications and cardinal points.
18th century.
Height: 64 cm - Globe diameter: 32 cm
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