Pair of Celestial and Terrestrial 42 1/2 Inches Library Globes

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After Vincenzo Coronelli, by Greaves and Thomas, 20th century Each mounted on reproduction Dutch Baroque style stands, with a heavy brass graduated meridian and hour ring above a brass support, the stained wood octagonal horizon circle inset with hand-colored horizon papers in eight sections, on four turned ebonized legs with gilt-painted bands, terminating in ebonized bun feet joined by cross stretchers raised on a circular base. Height 55 inches (139.7 cm), width 48 inches (121.9 cm). Footnote: Greaves and Thomas specialize in globes by Coronelli, and their premises are located in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan monk. Trained originally as a woodcut engraver, he opened a globe workshop in Venice in 1686. He was well known for making a pair of monumental (151 in. diameter) globes for Louis XlV of France, and he established a reputation for larger examples. As these were expensive to produce, he established the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti whereby subscribers could purchase printed gores of his 42 1/2 in. globe for completion by other craftsmen. He was a member of the Minorite Conventual (Franciscan) Order; later in life (1701) he rose to the Generalship of his Order. His Venetian convent became, under his leadership, a publishing center where hundreds of maps were drawn, engraved, and printed, and there he founded the first geographical society, who were the publishers of many of his works. Coronelli’s globes were issued in several editions. As the date was printed in an inscription on a rim surrounding the North and South polar constellations, these had to be trimmed off when the pieces were pasted onto the globe. The engravings of the constellation figures are brilliant examples of baroque art, with their striking large figures of men, animals, and objects. A larger, unique set of the celestial and terrestrial globes is displayed at the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand in Paris; another pair of the smaller globes is in the Library of Congress, Washington and a terrestrial globe may be found at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. 品相： No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report

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