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A rare set of 17th century uncut gores for a terrestrial globe

Le Globe Terrestre Par P. Du Val Geographe du Roy.

Paris, 1666. Gores on one sheet, 380 x 245mm; with another sheet with two plates, a full Meridian and an horizon Band, each 190 x 190mm.
Stock #:  18917

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A fine set of three engraved plates on two sheets, all the printing needed for a 280mm (5½") diameter globe. There are the twelve gores; the horizon ring marked with longitude, months and zodiac; and a full meridian, marked with latitude. On the globe California is marked as an island, 'Jesso' fills the North Pacific and New Zealand is part of the Great Southern Continent.

Condition:

Very fine condition.

References:

SHIRLEY: 443.

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