A SUPERB MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III / GEORGE IV CARY'S 15 IN...

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£10,000 - £15,000

A SUPERB MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE III / GEORGE IV CARY'S 15 INCH LIBRARY GLOBES, DATED 1818 AND 1831,  both made from engraved paper gores, the celestial globe bearing the label:
Cary's New Celestial Globe, on which are carefully laid down the whole of the Stars and Neblue contained in the Catalogues of Woollaston, Herschel, Bode, Piazzi, Zach & Co. calculated in the year 1820. Made and sold by J & W Carey, No.181 Strand, London, 1818

The terrestrial globe is labelled:
Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, exhibiting the tracks and discoveries made by Captain Cook, also those of Captain Vancouver on the North West Coast of America and Mdme La' Peroust on the coast of Tartary, together with every other improvement collected from various navigators to the present time, made and sold by J & W Cary, The Strand, London , with additions and corrections to 1831

Both globes with engraved brass meridian ring, and set in ebonised turned baluster supports consisting of four legs united by a cross stretcher
54.5 cm high, 52 cm diameter (in their supports, each globe 38 cm diameter

NB: The Cary family of cartographers and globe makers produced some of the greatest late Georgian globes. The firm was started in London in the late 18th century by John Cary (1754-1835), an engraver and dealer in maps who often worked in partnership with his brother, William Cary (1760-1825), a scientific instrument maker. John Cary concentrated on geographical excellence rather than on decoration. Around 1820 they moved their business to 86 St. James’s Street, leaving the premises at 181 Strand to John Cary’s son George (c1788-1859) and John Jr. (1791-1852) who traded as G. & J. Cary until about 1850.