A Dr. Halley Terrestrial Pocket Globe in a Shagreen Case After Hermann Moll, 1775-1798. Marks to case: A Correct Globe...

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A Dr. Halley Terrestrial Pocket Globe in a Shagreen Case After Hermann Moll, 1775-1798
Marks to case: A Correct Globe with ye New Constelations of Dr. Halley & c.
2-3/4 inches (7.0 cm) (globe)
2-7/8 inches (7.3 cm) (case)

PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE OF RANDALL J. MOSKOVITZ, MD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

The pocket globe, made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere, in the North Pacific Ocean there is a cartouche with the inscription: A Correct Globe with the new Discoveries; the celestial globe depicted on the inside of the box and is divided into two hemispheres with the cartouche: A correct globe with ye new constelations of Dr. Halley & c.



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