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A 12 inch George and Leon Valk celestial globe on stand, circa 1750, image 1
A 12 inch George and Leon Valk celestial globe on stand, circa 1750, image 2
Lot 45

A 12 inch George and Leon Valk celestial globe on stand,
circa 1750,

Amended
18 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

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A 12 inch George and Leon Valk celestial globe on stand, circa 1750,

cartouche reads; Uranographia / caelum omne hic Complectens / Illa pro ut aucta / et ad annum 1700 Completum / MAGNO ab HEVELIO / correcta est / its, ejus ex Prototypis / sua noviter haec Ectypa / veris Astronomiae cultoribus / exhibet et conserant / GER. et LEON. VALK / Amstelaedamenses / Cum Privilegio. the sphere applied with printed and hand coloured gores with star highlighted in brass and printed celestial figures and animals overall, mounted in original brass meridian divided into four quadrants on stained oak stand, with four columns supporting horizon ring applied with calendar, zodiac, and degree scales,

Footnotes

For similar Valk celestial globe see, Dekker (Elly), Globes at Greenwich, pp 511-512.

Saleroom notices

This globe was made by Gerard & Leonard Valk and not George & Leon Valk as printed in the catalogue.

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