The constellations in French

The constellations in French

By DELURE, J[ean] B[aptiste]

£25,000

In stock

Enquire about this item »
more...

Globe céleste.

SKU: 15731 Tags: , Type:

DELURE, J[ean] B[aptiste]
Paris,
Chez I. B. Delure Sur le quay de l'Or. ge [l'horloge] A. P. Du Roy,
1705.

Globe, 12 hand-coloured engraved paper gores, over a papier mâché and plaster sphere, with engraved golden copper meridian, mounted on a wooden and brass table stand with five columns.
Diameter: 150mm (5.5 inches).
15731

Download factsheet

To scale:

notes:

notes:

Biography
Jean Baptiste Delure (c1660-1736) was an editor and publisher of prints and maps, as well as an engineer of mathematical and scientific instruments. He also manufactured globes, but only two are recorded: the present celestial globe, and a terrestrial one of the same dimensions, produced in the same year. These were presumably designed as a pair.

Astronomy
Delure presents the cartography in French. The equator and ecliptic are both graduate...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Dekker and van der Krogt fig. 39; 'Jean-Baptiste Delure' (Bibliotheque Nationale, 2019).