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‡ A MATCHED PAIR OF 19 INCH FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBES ITALIAN, THE GORES AFTER MATTHAEUS GREUTER, ROME, PUBLISHED 1632 AND 1636 Each approx. approximately 122cm high overall Each made up from two pairs of twelve engraved printed gores with polar calottes, the terrestrial with a dedication cartouche to Jacopo Boncompagni to the Southern Atlantic, descriptive cartouches in the Indian Ocean and Pacific, prime Meridian through the Cape Verde Islands and oceans decorated with sea monsters, sailing ships and compass roses, the Southern hemisphere with extensively annotated cartouche In istu quam exhibemus terreni globi descriptione omnium regionum iuxta et insularum… Mathaeus Greuter Auctor Annon MDCXXXII; the celestial with gores laid to the ecliptic poles and elaborately decorated with hand-coloured figural representations of the constellations and with celestial bodies annotated as described in an explanatory cartouche adjacent to VRSA MAIOR, over further extensively annotated cartouche In hoc Caelesti Globo notantur omnes stellae fixae, ad annum 1636… ROMAE, M. Greuter…, each now pivoted via the poles within a later cream painted wood meridian ring, set in later carved parcel gilt cream painted wood stands incorporating plain octagonal horizon rings over elaborate baluster uprights and triform platform bases, (the spheres with historic damage and repairs) Matthaeus Greuter was born in Strasbourg in 1564. He learned engraving there before continuing his craft in Lille and Avignon, and finally settling in Rome in around 1606. Shortly after his arrival he began producing globes and maps mostly for the Vatican. For his globes he took the terrestrial information from Blaeu, and for the celestial he copied the work of Van den Keere and Plancius and incorporated the work of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601) published in 1622. Greuter also depicted two new constellations, the ‘Camelopardalis’ (the giraffe) in the northern sky and ‘Unicornis’ (the unicorn) near the equator. These originate from celestial maps published in 1624 by the Silesian astronomer Jacob Bartsch (1600 - 1632), who quoted the new constellations of the Dutchman Petrus Plancius (1552 - 1622). In addition to his 19 inch globes Greuter published a smaller 10.5 inch pair in 1638. His globes proved popular and sold widely throughout Italy, they were republished by Rossi after 1638 and in around 1695 in Rome. Condition Report Disclaimer, ‡, ‡ A MATCHED PAIR OF 19 INCH FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBES ITALIAN, THE GORES AFTER MATTHAEUS GREUTER, ROME, PUBLISHED 1632 AND 1636 Each approx. approximately 122cm high overall Each made up from two pairs of twelve engraved printed gores with polar calottes, the terrestrial with a dedication cartouche to Jacopo Boncompagni to the Southern Atlantic, descriptive cartouches in the Indian Ocean and Pacific, prime Meridian through the Cape Verde Islands and oceans decorated with sea monsters, sailing ships and compass roses, the Southern hemisphere with extensively annotated cartouche In istu quam exhibemus terreni globi descriptione omnium regionum iuxta et insularum… Mathaeus Greuter Auctor Annon MDCXXXII; the celestial with gores laid to the ecliptic poles and elaborately decorated with hand-coloured figural representations of the constellations and with celestial bodies annotated as described in an explanatory cartouche adjacent to VRSA MAIOR, over further extensively annotated cartouche In hoc Caelesti Globo notantur omnes stellae fixae, ad annum 1636… ROMAE, M. Greuter…, each now pivoted via the poles within a later cream painted wood meridian ring, set in later carved parcel gilt cream painted wood stands incorporating plain octagonal horizon rings over elaborate baluster uprights and triform platform bases, (the spheres with historic damage and repairs) Matthaeus Greuter was born in Strasbourg in 1564. He learned engraving there before continuing his craft in Lille and Avignon, and finally settling in Rome in around 1606. Shortly after his arrival he began producing globes and maps mostly for the Vatican. For his globes he took the terrestrial information from Blaeu, and for the celestial he copied the work of Van den Keere and Plancius and incorporated the work of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601) published in 1622. Greuter also depicted two new constellations, the ‘Camelopardalis’ (the giraffe) in the northern sky and ‘Unicornis’ (the unicorn) near the equator. These originate from celestial maps published in 1624 by the Silesian astronomer Jacob Bartsch (1600 - 1632), who quoted the new constellations of the Dutchman Petrus Plancius (1552 - 1622). In addition to his 19 inch globes Greuter published a smaller 10.5 inch pair in 1638. His globes proved popular and sold widely throughout Italy, they were republished by Rossi after 1638 and in around 1695 in Rome. A MATCHED PAIR OF 19 INCH FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBES, In istu quam exhibemus terreni globi descriptione omnium regionum iuxta et insularum… Mathaeus Greuter Auctor Annon MDCXXXII, VRSA MAIOR, In hoc Caelesti Globo notantur omnes stellae fixae, ad annum 1636… ROMAE, M. Greuter…, Condition Report Disclaimer
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