Giovanni Maria Cassini 12-inch Terrestrial Globe

Description:

Giovanni Maria Cassini 12-inch Terrestrial Globe, c. 1790, made up of twelve hand-colored gores laid to the celestial poles, cartouche reading "Globo Terrestre Delineato sulle ultime osservazioni con i viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook, inglese. In Roma, Presso la Calcograf. Cam(era)le, 1790. Gia. Ma. Cassini, Somco. inc." mounted to a later painted stand.
Estimate $300-500


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