Lane's Pocket Globe.
by LANE, [Thomas after Nicholas LANE]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,, 1807.. An updated Lane Globe, 12 hand-coloured engraved paper gores, clipped at 70 degrees latitude, with two polar calottes, over a papier mâché and plaster sphere, paste-over imprint to cartouche, varnished, housed in original red calf over paste-board clamshell case, with hooks and eyes, lined with two sets of 12 hand-coloured engraved celestial gores. Diameter: 70mm (2.75 inches). Biography The present globe is the work of Nicholas Lane (fl.1775-1783) whose business was particularly associated with pocket globes. This present globe, with completely new terrestrial plates, was first issued in 1779. His son, Thomas, who had taken over the buisness following his father's death, updated the plates in 1807 and sold them wholesale and retail. With retails such as George Minshull, adding their name to the globe. Geography "New South Wales, Botany Bay and Cape Byron are depicted in New Holland (Australia), and "Buenos Ayres" (Buenos Aires) appears in South America." (Sumira) Thomas would be very thorough with updating the globe as: " Two years later [1809] there were more changes: Dimens Land (Tasmania) is separated from New Holland by the Bass Strait; Port Jackson (Sydney) is added to the eastern coast of the mainland; and Sharks' Bay and 'South C.' are newly marked on the western side. The Antipodes of London are also shown. In northwest America, "New Albion" and the "Stony Mountains" (the Rockies) have been added. Curiously, the date of Captain Cook's death, 14 February 1779, is another late addition squeezed in below the Sandwich Islands" (Sumira). Astronomy The celestial gores, which were acquired by Nicholas Lane from Richard Cushee sometime in the mid-eighteenth century, are geocentric in orientation. The difference is most noticeable in the orientation of Ursa Major, with the bear facing the other direction. The deep green colour is characteristic of Lane globes. Minshull has put his own stamp on the celestial gores by only colouring the constellations in green. Dekker, pp.393-394; Sumira 35 and 45; Worms and Baynton-Williams, p.451.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21944
- Title
- Lane's Pocket Globe.
- Author
- LANE, [Thomas after Nicholas LANE]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1807.
Terms of Sale
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2018
London
About Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books is specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Our carefully selected stock also includes a number of fine prints and globes, and a selection of cartographic reference books.Our particular passions include rare atlases, wall maps, and separately published maps and charts. We strive to acquire unusual and quirky maps that are in fine condition. We are members of the following trade associations: The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (ABA); The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA); Confédération Internationale des Négociantes en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA); The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD); and The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Daniel and Nick are also both members of The Company of Art Scholars, Dealers, and Collectors.
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