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Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Terrestrial and celestial globe. Globus terrestris novus Loca Terrae insigniora sec. praestant Astron. et Geogr. observationes sistens opera Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmaieri M.P.P. concinne traditus à Ioh. Georg Puschnero chalcographo Norib. A.C. 1730.
Globus coelestis novus Loca stellarum fixarum sec. cel. Ioh. Hevelium ad annum 1730 exhibens opera I.G. DOPPELMAIERI M.P.P. exacte concinnatus a Ioh. Geor. Puschnero Chalcographo Norib. A.C.1730. Nuremberg, Johann Georg Puschner, 1730. Hand-coloured engravings, papier mâché, brass meridian, four-columned, turned wooden frame with octagonal respectively round horizon ring. Terrestrial globe inscribed in a cartouche «Meridianus primus per insulam Fer. quae inter Canarias occidentalissima, ductus est, à quo Parisi,, ensis 20. Gradibus, Nori,, bergensis autem 28. Grad. 40 Minutis distat.».
H. 30, Diam.
Diam. (with frame)
The Nuremberg mathematician, physicist and astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677 - 1750), one of the most renowned natural scientists of his time, is the creator behind this pair of globes. In fact, no natural science collection with universal pretensions, such as a cabinet of curiosities or a magnificent princely baroque library, could do without such a pair of terrestrial and celestial globes.
Doppelmayr undertook towards the end of his studies at the University of Halle a study trip to England and the Netherlands from 1700
Provenance: Library of the last Prince-Bishop of Basel Franz Xaver von Neveu (1749 - 1828); after his death it became private property of the family of Neveu, Durbach.
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