Lot 72: COX, Joseph & James, London, 1839

COX'S Terrestr. l Globe all Discoveries to FEB.1. 1839 An unusual 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter miniature terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the Greenwich meridian ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans with the antipodes of Greenwich, Antarctica with no land shown, the continents with delicate shading in green, pink, yellow and orange and nation states in dotted outline, showing rivers and cities ( general restoration throughout with some areas of discolouration, some minor detail loss and darkening to the southern polar calotte ) with two iron axis pins in a ( ?later ) turned mahogany case with domed lid with knop -- 41/4in. (10.8cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Detail.