Rare lunarium by Ernst Schotte. Berlin, around... Lot 697

Rare lunarium by Ernst Schotte. Berlin, around 1877, the globe labeled "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", the globe as a papier-mâché sphere covered with 12 lithographed paper segments, country borders partly colored by hand, brass half meridian with 2 x 90° graduation, mounted on a turned and ebonized wooden base with a rotating device for the rotation of a wooden moon sphere, the base with mounted paper horizon with indication of seasons, months, zodiac signs and a graduation. Signs of age. Earth globe diameter: approx. 24 cm. Moon globe: approx. 5 cm. Height: approx. 46 cm. Early edition of a lunarium from the publishing program of the Berlin globe manufacturer Ernst Schotte & Co. datable to the time around 1877 (mapping the course of the Congo according to Stanley and Livingston). Cf. literature: Lehmann, R., Berliner Globenhersteller 1790-1970, 2010, p. 54 ff. A rare Ernst Schotte Lunarium. Berlin c, 1877, the terrestrial globe signed "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", 12 lithographed globe gores mounted on cardboard sphere, boundaries partly coloured by hand, graduated brass half-meridian, ebonized turned wooden stand with a rotating moon sphere. Signs of age. Diameter globe c. 24 cm, moon sphere c. 5 cm, height c. 46 cm.