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Early 19th Century pair of table globes, Terrestrial and Celestial, after the Venetian cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718).
Each sphere applied with hand-coloured engraved paper gores. The celestial globe charts the constellations as mythological figures, after the Coronelli tradition. The terrestrial globe depicts the continents, oceans, and voyages of exploration. Each revolves on a brass axis within a graduated brass meridian ring, raised on a turned oak stand with stretchered supports.Wear consistent with age.
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