NEWTON'S TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE

Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Floor Globe, 21" diameter, "Accurately Delineated from the observations of the most esteemed Navigators and Travellers to the Present Time, Manufactured by Newton & Son, 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, London, Published 1st January 1853", with engraved brass hour dial at top, set within a wooden horizon ring with months and celestial configurations, mounted in a turned mahogany tripod floor stand with compass-centered base and brass casters, 42" high, diam. Toning and minor stains, 1 1/2" scratch above British Isles, three repaired breaks to base support arms.