London Globes

A fine antique Belgian 19th century Physical and Political library globe on stand by Merzbach & Falk,  Brussels, dated 1881. The patented globe was published by Merzbach & Falk in a...

A fine vintage walnut terrestrial sixteen inch library globe on stand in 17th Century style, by Donati, Milano, Italy,  Circa 1960 in date. The stunning globe is in 17th Century sty...

A fine vintage 16 inch walnut and gilded terrestrial library globe on stand by Donati, Milano, Italy,  Circa 1960 in date. The stunning globe is in 17th Century style, is written en...

A fine antique French 21 inch Metrique library globe on stand by G. Thomas, 44 Rue Notre Dame des Champs Paris, Circa 1915 in date. The globe is raised on a highly decorative eboni...

A stylish celestial globe on a brass inclined plain mount attached to original square bakelite base and secured at the top by a brass acorn finial. By George Philip and Son; circa 1935...

A fine vintage 16 inch terrestrial library globe on stand by Herff Jones Inc, USA, Circa 1980 in date. The globe is raised on a highly decorative ebonised tripod stand with brass ...

A substantial 14 inch gesso terrestrial globe by Philips of London on brass inclined plain mount attached to original turned wooden based upright with axes secured at the top by a br...

A handsome Smith's terrestrial globe, circa 1835. Mounted on a brass semi-meridian that sits on a turned wooden upright and circular base. Printed in several colours, the globe compr...

A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946. The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images. The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height). George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848. George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...

A fine 10 inch terrestrial globe by Geographia of Fleet Street London. With chromed semi-meridian on a turned wooden upright and circular base that has an ebon...

A fine antique Victorian terrestrial 'Cruchley's Late Cary's New Terrestrial' 12-inch table globe, dated 1855. The globe is fitted with a brass meridian ring, a horizon ring with printed months of the year and astrological signs, mounted on a mahogany x frame stand. It bears a cartouche which states: Cruchley’s Late Cary’s new Terrestrial globe From the most recent Authorities Exhibiting the latest discoveries towards the North Pole and the new setllements & divisions of Australia New Zealand – California Texas & C London G.F. Crurchley , map seller...

A fine antique 12inch Cary's New Celestial library table globe on stand, dated 1810. Bearing the following inscription: Cary's Celestial globe on which are correctly laid do...