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BY W. & T.M. BARDIN, DATED 1807
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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES
BY W. & T.M. BARDIN, DATED 1807
Each 18 inch globe of traditional form on turned mahogany stands with reeded legs joined by a compass stretcher, the terrestial globes inscribed To the Rt. Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., Bt., President of the Royal Society, This new British Terrestrial Globe, Containing all the latest discoveries and communication from the most correct and authentic observations and surveys, to the year 1789, by Capt. Cook and more recent navigators, engraved from an accurate drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, Geographer, Additions to 1807, Respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient H.ble Servants W. & T.M. Bardin, the celestial globe inscribed To the Rev. NEVIL MASKELYNE.D.D.F.R.S. Astronomer Royal This New British Celestial Globe Containing the Positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae &c. Correctly laid down to the present period from the latest obsevations and discoveries by Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, The Revd. Fr. Wollaston &c.&c. Respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient H.ble Servents W. & T.M. Bardin, and a second cartouche to both, Manufactured & Sold Wholesale & Retail by W. & T.M. BARDIN, 16 Salisbury Square Fleet Street London
48 in. (122 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter, overall (2)
BY W. & T.M. BARDIN, DATED 1807
Each 18 inch globe of traditional form on turned mahogany stands with reeded legs joined by a compass stretcher, the terrestial globes inscribed To the Rt. Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., Bt., President of the Royal Society, This new British Terrestrial Globe, Containing all the latest discoveries and communication from the most correct and authentic observations and surveys, to the year 1789, by Capt. Cook and more recent navigators, engraved from an accurate drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, Geographer, Additions to 1807, Respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient H.ble Servants W. & T.M. Bardin, the celestial globe inscribed To the Rev. NEVIL MASKELYNE.D.D.F.R.S. Astronomer Royal This New British Celestial Globe Containing the Positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae &c. Correctly laid down to the present period from the latest obsevations and discoveries by Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, The Revd. Fr. Wollaston &c.&c. Respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient H.ble Servents W. & T.M. Bardin, and a second cartouche to both, Manufactured & Sold Wholesale & Retail by W. & T.M. BARDIN, 16 Salisbury Square Fleet Street London
48 in. (122 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter, overall (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Jonathan Harris, London.
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