New celestial globe

[London] : J. & W. Cary, [between 1791 and 1820]. Celestial pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, engraved gores over plaster and wooden sphere, two metal pins, housed in red morocco case lined with felt, bright original colour, some old discolouration under the varnish, metal eye hooks, the globe sitting perfectly within its case. Composed of 12 hand coloured engraved gores, with equatorial graduated in degrees, ecliptic graduated in days showing the signs of the Zodiac, stars and constellations labelled. A fine example of a rare pocket globe.

In an advertisement at the end of Traveller’s Companion, dated January 1, 1791 (September 1, 1792), John Cary offers terrestial and celestial globes for sale in four different sizes. The diameters were 3.5, 9, 12 and 21 inches’. – van der KROGT, Old globes in The Netherlands, 1984, p. 77. In 1820 the firm relocated from the Strand to St. James’s Street, providing a date of manufacture between 1791 – 1820.

Two examples of this globe are recorded in Australian collections (National Library of Australia; State Library of New South Wales).