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A handsome Smith's terrestrial globe, circa 1835. Mounted on a brass semi-meridian that sits on a turned wooden upright and circular base. Printed in several colours, the globe compr...

A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946. The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images. The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height). George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848. George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...

A fine 10 inch terrestrial globe by Geographia of Fleet Street London. With chromed semi-meridian on a turned wooden upright and circular base that has an ebon...

An attractive terrestrial globe by George Philip and Son; circa 1925. Printed in several colours and mounted on a brass semi-meridian attached to original turned ebonized wooden base...

A wonderful and rare 3¾ inch silver desk globe by Mappin and Webb of London mounted on a silver and turned wood base. Hallmarked London 1969. The globe has lines of longitude and lat...

A splendid 10 inch terrestrial globe by Geographia of Fleet Street London. With brass semi-meridian on a turned wooden upright and circular base, circa 1950. Dimensions: 25.5 cm/1...

A pigskin leather case with ‘fish-tail’ handle containing a complete series of Bartholomew's 2 miles to an inch scale, linen backed maps for England and Wales by Edward Stanford of L...

A handsome 8 inch terrestrial globe by C. Smith and Son printed in several colors presented on original turned mahogany base and upright, with brass mounting and secured with an acorn finial; circa 1890. The globe comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores over an 8 inch sphere of gesso. The age of the globe has been identified by the political borders and cities displayed: Persia, Congo Free State, Constantinople, and St. Petersburg are all visible. This nicely aged, richly detailed globe, shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time and also indicates all the major ocean currents, connecting currents and the Antarctic & South East Trade Wind Drifts. Very well preserved, the original Stand is also in excellent condition. Charles Smith was a noted stationer, map and globe seller in...

A mahogany Waywiser by Richard Glynne of Fleet Street, London, circa 1725. Diameter of wheel: 31 1/2 inches - 80 cm. With modern display stand. The brass dial is graduated...

Late twentieth century Harry Margary republication of John Rocque's celebrated map of 1746, 'A plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark'. Twenty-four framed sheets, in excellent condition, overall dimensions when presented in a 'tight-hang', width 416cm, height 214.5. Each frame height 71.5cm, width 52cm. John Rocque was of French Huguenot stock from Monosque in Provence and moved to London with his parents in the early eighteenth century. London at this time was an expanding city which had grown unchecked and had no new survey made since that of William Morgan...

Plan of the City's of London, Westminster and Borough of Southwark, original antique map, published in 1720 by John Senex and engraved by Samuel Parker, hand coloured, with mount and...

This is an antique map of the State of the Imperial Court and the hereditary states of the House of Austria, with their various chancelleries, circa 1820. The map is very detailed and shows the various branches of the Habsburgs territory. It is very clean and in good condition and is in a beautiful gilded frame. Provenance: I bought this on my last buying trip to Madrid, and it bears the stamp, on the rear, of the " Libreria Margarita de Dios" of Madrid. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 61 x width 69.5 x depth 3 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 feet, 0 inches x width 2 feet, 3 inches x depth 1 inch The House of Habsburg, also spelled Hapsburg, was one of the most important royal houses of Europe. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced emperors and kings of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Germany, Kingdom of Hungary, Empire of Russia, Kingdom of Croatia, Second Mexican Empire...