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A fine pair of Victorian 18 inch floor-standing library globes by Thomas Malby …

Auction 13.11.2013
13.11.2013
Schätzpreis
15.000 £ - 20.000 £
ca. 24.158 $ - 32.211 $
Zuschlagspreis:
16.000 £
ca. 25.768 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 78

A fine pair of Victorian 18 inch floor-standing library globes by Thomas Malby …

Auction 13.11.2013
13.11.2013
Schätzpreis
15.000 £ - 20.000 £
ca. 24.158 $ - 32.211 $
Zuschlagspreis:
16.000 £
ca. 25.768 $
Beschreibung:

A fine pair of Victorian 18 inch floor-standing library globes by Thomas Malby and Son, London for Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, published 1872 and 1860 The terrestrial applied with twelve coloured printed gores and over-label MALBY'S, TERRESTRIAL Globe, Compiled from the latest, & MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, including all the recent, Geographical Discoveries. AGENTS, PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, EDUCATIONAL & GEOGRAPHICAL DEPOT, 51 SOUTH CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL above date JAN 1st 1872 to North Pacific and extensively annotated with principal cities, towns, rivers, lakes, mountains and other significant topological features, the oceans with 'lines of Variation' and all notable islands annotated as well as other commentary such as Yedo the Capital of Japan contains 1200,000 inhab'ts and is the residence of the Koubo or Seular Emporer, Meaco or residence of the Mikado or Spiritual Emperor contains 500000 inhab'ts and 6000 Temples, the Pacific with AN ANALEMMA for the equation of time, the equatorial line graduated in degrees, hours and minutes above TABLE OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE WORLD COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES to South Pacific, the Celestial of conforming construction and applied with label MALBY'S, CELESTIAL GLOBE, Exhibiting the whole of the, Stars, CONTAINED IN THE CATALOGUES OF, PIAZZI, BRADLEY, HEVEHNS, MAYER, LA CAILLE & JOHNSON, the Double Stars from Sir W. Herschel and Struve, REDUCED TO THE YEAR, 1860, AGENTS, PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, EDUCATIONAL & GEOGRAPHICAL DEPOT, 51 South Castle Street, LIVERPOOL to lower hemisphere beside scale for star intensity and other explanations, the solstitial and equinoctial colures and equatorial graduated in degrees with the latter also in hours and minutes, the constellations depicted by delicately coloured mythical beasts and figures and appropriately labelled along with the stars in Latin, both spheres with engraved hour dials to poles and pivoted within brass meridian circle divided for degrees, resting in wooden stand with hand coloured paper horizon ring graduated in degrees in two directions, days of the month and houses of the Zodiac with names and symbols and also showing compass directions, cradled within three down-curved supports terminating with a pendant finial within three outer serpentine shaped uprights to a triform platform inset with a compass with printed paper rose and steel pointer and raised on three outswept legs with button applied scroll terminals fitted with brass castors, 58.5cm (25ins) maximum diameter, 107cm (42ins) high. Thomas Malby and Company are recorded in Gloria, Clifton Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working 1843-50. First as Thomas Malby alone at 22 Houghton Street, Clare Market, London in 1839, then from 3 Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand 1845-48 and finally at 37 Parker Street where the firm became Thomas Malby and Son in 1851. Thomas Malby is perhaps most remembered for producing an impressive 36 inch diameter terrestrial globe based on Addison's 1825 model. Latterly the firm of Thomas Malby and Son aligned themselves as geographical publisher for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S.D.U.K) and innovated the inclusion of 'magnetic lines of variation' within their terrestrial globes. Later editions of these globes were supplied (with an overlabel) by Philip, Son & Nephew of Liverpool. The terrestrial globe of the current lot provides a fascinating snapshot of the world seen during the height of Victorian consolidation of the British Empire. Indeed much of central Africa has yet to be explored and many 'fascinating observations' (such as that regarding Japan transcribed above) are included; which perhaps are as significant for their historical context today as they were for their geographic context when printed. Saleroom Notice: The images for this lot in the printed catalogue are incorrect, however the images online are correct. Condition report disclaimer

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 78
Auktion:
Datum:
13.11.2013
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A fine pair of Victorian 18 inch floor-standing library globes by Thomas Malby and Son, London for Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, published 1872 and 1860 The terrestrial applied with twelve coloured printed gores and over-label MALBY'S, TERRESTRIAL Globe, Compiled from the latest, & MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, including all the recent, Geographical Discoveries. AGENTS, PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, EDUCATIONAL & GEOGRAPHICAL DEPOT, 51 SOUTH CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL above date JAN 1st 1872 to North Pacific and extensively annotated with principal cities, towns, rivers, lakes, mountains and other significant topological features, the oceans with 'lines of Variation' and all notable islands annotated as well as other commentary such as Yedo the Capital of Japan contains 1200,000 inhab'ts and is the residence of the Koubo or Seular Emporer, Meaco or residence of the Mikado or Spiritual Emperor contains 500000 inhab'ts and 6000 Temples, the Pacific with AN ANALEMMA for the equation of time, the equatorial line graduated in degrees, hours and minutes above TABLE OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE WORLD COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES to South Pacific, the Celestial of conforming construction and applied with label MALBY'S, CELESTIAL GLOBE, Exhibiting the whole of the, Stars, CONTAINED IN THE CATALOGUES OF, PIAZZI, BRADLEY, HEVEHNS, MAYER, LA CAILLE & JOHNSON, the Double Stars from Sir W. Herschel and Struve, REDUCED TO THE YEAR, 1860, AGENTS, PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, EDUCATIONAL & GEOGRAPHICAL DEPOT, 51 South Castle Street, LIVERPOOL to lower hemisphere beside scale for star intensity and other explanations, the solstitial and equinoctial colures and equatorial graduated in degrees with the latter also in hours and minutes, the constellations depicted by delicately coloured mythical beasts and figures and appropriately labelled along with the stars in Latin, both spheres with engraved hour dials to poles and pivoted within brass meridian circle divided for degrees, resting in wooden stand with hand coloured paper horizon ring graduated in degrees in two directions, days of the month and houses of the Zodiac with names and symbols and also showing compass directions, cradled within three down-curved supports terminating with a pendant finial within three outer serpentine shaped uprights to a triform platform inset with a compass with printed paper rose and steel pointer and raised on three outswept legs with button applied scroll terminals fitted with brass castors, 58.5cm (25ins) maximum diameter, 107cm (42ins) high. Thomas Malby and Company are recorded in Gloria, Clifton Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working 1843-50. First as Thomas Malby alone at 22 Houghton Street, Clare Market, London in 1839, then from 3 Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand 1845-48 and finally at 37 Parker Street where the firm became Thomas Malby and Son in 1851. Thomas Malby is perhaps most remembered for producing an impressive 36 inch diameter terrestrial globe based on Addison's 1825 model. Latterly the firm of Thomas Malby and Son aligned themselves as geographical publisher for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S.D.U.K) and innovated the inclusion of 'magnetic lines of variation' within their terrestrial globes. Later editions of these globes were supplied (with an overlabel) by Philip, Son & Nephew of Liverpool. The terrestrial globe of the current lot provides a fascinating snapshot of the world seen during the height of Victorian consolidation of the British Empire. Indeed much of central Africa has yet to be explored and many 'fascinating observations' (such as that regarding Japan transcribed above) are included; which perhaps are as significant for their historical context today as they were for their geographic context when printed. Saleroom Notice: The images for this lot in the printed catalogue are incorrect, however the images online are correct. Condition report disclaimer

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 78
Auktion:
Datum:
13.11.2013
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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