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GREAVES & THOMAS FACSIMILE GLOBE OF Martin Behaim's 1492 'ERDAPFEL' LONDON
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[BEHAIM, MARTIN, NUREMBURG, 1492/1992]
GREAVES & THOMAS FACSIMILE GLOBE OF Martin Behaim's 1492 'ERDAPFEL' LONDON
A fine 50cm. diameter reproduction terrestrial globe made up of twelve colour printed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and prime meridian graduated but unlabelled, the ecliptic ungraduated but with small pictures for the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans coloured a dark green/blue with a profusion of notes in printed manuscript with pictures of ships and sea creatures, many islands somewhat impressionistically rendered, the Antarctic with an impressive crest in its place showing a crowned, winged and bare-chested woman above five different shields with foliate decoration, the continents coloured in yellow and showing mountains, rivers, numerous areas of settlement and many notes, certain locations with red and blue flags marking their location, the general cartography bearing only a passing resemblence to modern cartography, raised on a baluster turned ebonised column and plinth base
90cm high
See colour illustration on page 37
GREAVES & THOMAS FACSIMILE GLOBE OF Martin Behaim's 1492 'ERDAPFEL' LONDON
A fine 50cm. diameter reproduction terrestrial globe made up of twelve colour printed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and prime meridian graduated but unlabelled, the ecliptic ungraduated but with small pictures for the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans coloured a dark green/blue with a profusion of notes in printed manuscript with pictures of ships and sea creatures, many islands somewhat impressionistically rendered, the Antarctic with an impressive crest in its place showing a crowned, winged and bare-chested woman above five different shields with foliate decoration, the continents coloured in yellow and showing mountains, rivers, numerous areas of settlement and many notes, certain locations with red and blue flags marking their location, the general cartography bearing only a passing resemblence to modern cartography, raised on a baluster turned ebonised column and plinth base
90cm high
See colour illustration on page 37
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.