Copernican type earth and planetary globe made of wood and c - Lot 224

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Copernican type earth and planetary globe made of wood and c - Lot 224
Copernican type earth and planetary globe made of wood and colourful engraved paper forming a pendant. The globe rests on a wooden base turned and blackened through the equatorial circle and four quarters of meridians. Two cartouches: "Reduction of the globe drawn up by order of the king by Sieur Robert de Vaugondy Geographer". "Reviewed and corrected by Fx (Félix) Delamarche at Fx Delamarche and Charles Dien. rue du jardinet n°13. 1821" D. of the sphere 25 cm - H. 54 cm BP The planetary said "Copernican". All the planets (without Neptune, discovered by Le Verrier in 1846 and Pluto in 1930) Mercury Venus Mars Vesta Juno Ceres Pallas Jupiter Saturn Uranus. Is maintained by the two colures, solstices and equinoxes, and the circle of the ecliptic. The whole is encircled by a band on which are reproduced the signs of the zodiac and the Gregorian calendar. Claude Félix Delamarche was born in Paris on 20 October 1779 and died in Paris on 5 January 1835. He took over the family geographic publishing house on the death of his father Charles François Delamarche in 1817, who had acquired the Didier Robert de Vaugondy collection in 1786. Editorial activity continued in the 19th century in collaboration with Charles Dien until the death of Félix Delamarche.
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