MAISON DELAMARCHE DELAMARCHE House

Set of three globes

- A terrestrial globe a…
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MAISON DELAMARCHE

DELAMARCHE House Set of three globes - A terrestrial globe and a celestial globe forming a counterpart of the Copernican type in wood and printed paper with graduations, meridian circle and equatorial table. They rest on a turned wooden base. The terrestrial globe is signed : " Globe adopted by the royal council of public instruction by DELAMARCHE Paris rue du Jardinet 1838". The celestial globe is signed : "DELAMARCHE Paris rue du Jardinet 1841". - An armillary sphere called "Ptolemaic" in wood and printed paper with graduations with meridian circle and equatorial table. They rest on a turned wooden base. The set of planets presented is maintained by the two armillaries, solstices and equinoxes. The whole is surrounded by a band on which are reproduced the signs of the zodiac and the Gregorian calendar. The sphere is signed : "DELAMARCHE - N° 12 rue du Jardinet Paris". D. of the sphere : 25 cm H. Height : 43 cm Small wear and tear and accidents

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MAISON DELAMARCHE

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DELAMARCHE. CELESTIAL GLOBE AND ARMILLAIR SPHERE able to form a pair, in plaster covered with edge engraving, varnish, turned and black-tinted wooden legs, metal, cardboard, cream paper printed and colored in red and green. - The celestial globe is composed of a central globe and several concentric circles, with several cartouches: "Globe céleste dans lequel les étoiles fixes sont placées comme elles sont à présent suivant les dernières observations des célèbres astronomes de ce temps", "à Paris, chez le sieur Delamarche géo rue du foin St. Jacques au collège de Me Gervais" and a date "1770". - The armillary sphere, composed of several concentric circles with the months and signs of the zodiac, with a small globe in the center, featuring a cartouche "Globe terrestre à Paris chez Delamarche géo rue du foin St. Jacques au collège de Me Gervais". Height: 43 and 42 cm. Diameter: 27 cm. Base: 17 cm. The terrestrial globe and armillary sphere come from the workshops of Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817), a lawyer at the Paris parliament, who in 1786 purchased the precious map collection of geographer Didier Robert de Vaugondy, and skilfully exploited it under the title of geographer "successor to Robert de Vaugondy". (Repainting, slight lack of engraving, slight dents in the circles above the globes). Celestial globe signed in a cartouche: "A PARIS chez le sieur Delamarche geo. Rue de Foin St Jacqq. Au collège de Me Gervais" and dated 1770. France, early 19th century. Height 43 cm Charles François Delamarche (1740-1817) dominated the market, notably with his 32.5 cm-diameter globes. Delamarche had bought Robert de Vaugondy's collection of documents and exploited them. This was the start of a three-generation dynasty of globe makers.