Newton's 3-inch Cased Terrestrial Pocket Globe

Description:

Newton's 3-inch Cased Terrestrial Pocket Globe, London, mid-19th century, twelve printed colored gores with cartouche in the North Pacific Ocean reading Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe 66 Chancery Lane , and 3 Fleet St., Temple Bar, housed in a turned, dome-top walnut case with metal pins and the poles for axis of rotation, ht. 4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

restoration/splits and losses to globe


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