1416 - Globes & Astronomy - Globe by Jean Lebègue. Paris, circa 1895, inscribed "Globe terrestre, J. Lebègue & Cie., Editeurs, 30, Rue de Lille, 30, Paris"; the globe consists of a papier-mâché sphere covered with plaster and wrapped in 12 color-lithographed globe segments, with hand-painted border coloring, a bronzed, three-legged base made of ornate cast iron featuring decorative depictions of the heads of a Chinese man, an African man, and a Native American; signs of age; minor damage at the South Pole. Diameter: approx. 32 cm. Height: approx. 56 cm.

Globes & Astronomy - Globe by Jean Lebègue. Paris, circa 1895, inscribed "Globe terrestre, J. Lebègue & Cie., Editeurs, 30, Rue de Lille, 30, Paris"; the globe consists of a papier-mâché sphere covered with plaster and wrapped in 12 color-lithographed globe segments, with hand-painted border coloring, a bronzed, three-legged base made of ornate cast iron featuring decorative depictions of the heads of a Chinese man, an African man, and a Native American; signs of age; minor damage at the South Pole. Diameter: approx. 32 cm. Height: approx. 56 cm. A Jean Lebègue terrestrial globe. Paris, c. 1895, signed “Globe terrestre, J. Lebègue & Cie., Editeurs, 30, Rue de Lille, 30, Paris,” 12 chromolithographed globe gores mounted on a plaster and cardboard sphere, hand-colored boundaries, decorated cast-iron tripod stand. Signs of age; small abrasions to the paper at the South Pole. Diameter approx. 32 cm; height approx. 56 cm.