308 - DELAMARCHE (1786–1885). A rare set of two antique desk globes, one terrestrial and one celestial. Slightly different blackened wooden tripod bases.

DELAMARCHE (1786–1885). A rare set of two antique desk globes, one terrestrial and one celestial. Slightly different blackened wooden tripod bases. - Terrestrial globe: Félix DELAMARCHE and Charles DIEN, successors to Sanson, Bonne, and Robert de VAUGONDY. Dated 1816. Height: 60 cm. Globe diameter: 33 cm. Zodiacal table diameter: 45 cm. - Celestial globe: In Paris, at DELAMARCHE, geographer, 13 Rue du Jardinet. A second cartouche reads: “Celestial globe with the positions of the stars reduced to the year 1800 by Mr. MESSIER, naval astronomer.” Height: 60 cm. Globe diameter: 33 cm. Zodiacal table diameter: 45 cm. Charles Messier (1730–1817) was a famous French astronomer, though he was not a geographer by profession. He was a student of Joseph-Nicolas de LISLE. Louis XV nicknamed him “the comet hunter.” A very similar pair of globes is housed at the Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy. In very good condition. A few scattered minor losses. Recently cleaned and varnished. Part of the zodiacal table on the celestial globe has been restored.