Cary's new celestial globe : on which are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars, selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the year 1800, with the extent of each constellation precisely defined by Mr. Gilpin of the Royal Society
London
J. & W. Cary, Strand
1800
Celestial globe showing constellations and stars. Dimension: diameter 30,9 cm, height: 63 cm. The stars are classified in successive orders of magnitude. Table globe, constructed over a wooden frame, covered with papier mache and coated with plaster to provide smooth finish to paper gores. Paper gores hand coloured. Condition: some stains. Mounted in a three-legged mahogany stand (one leg has been repaired). Four wooden arms support a brass meridian ring and a wooden horizontal circle engraved with a calendar scale and signs of the zodiac
Rare early Regency period celestial table globe published by the brothers John and William Cary, generally regarded as the greatest British globe makers of the late Georgian period. John Cary (c. 1754-1835) was the engraver and businessman, while William Cary (c. 1760-1825) specialized in making mathematical instruments
