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Auction 108, Lot 61

"Terrestrial Globe - Celestial Globe", Middleton, Charles T.

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany

Period: 1779 (circa)

Publication: Complete System of Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.4 x 6.2 inches
26.4 x 15.7 cm
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Copper engraving of two globes on fine rings and bases. The first globe is of the Eastern Hemisphere, the second is of the heavens featuring the Great Bear, Andromeda, Hydra, etc.

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Condition: A

Lovely impression on fine paper with wide margins. Later coloring.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/29/2004

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