Didier Robert DE VAUGONDY. Globe Terrestre; Globe Celeste. Paris, Terrestrial 1773; Celestial c. 1764 1016-B and the company took great

and the company took great pride in its relationship with artists and its collection of original oils

was probably the co-draughtsman or woodcutter

Plate 100

29 x 21 inches sheet

" and he took some pride in being a factor in that continuing popularity

Didier Robert DE VAUGONDY. Globe Terrestre; Globe Celeste. Paris, Terrestrial 1773; Celestial c. 1764 1016-B and the company took greatA pair of Louis XV terrestrial and celestial library globes on green painted and parcel gilt stands. Each globe made up of two pairs of hand colored engraved gores, each with polar calottes. Brass hour circles, the terrestrial mounted on the meridian with its pointer arm, and with the celestial mounted below the meridian without the pointer, brass meridians graduated on one face. Hexagonal horizon bars with original papers, supported by a curved four