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KLINGER, Johann Georg MESSIER, Charles, Nuremburg, 1805 GLOBUS COELESTIS Cuius pofitio ftellarum adaum 1800. reducta est per M r MESSIER. Aftronom. Acad. fcient. &c. &c. additis novis afterifmis qu debemas Clariff. Abba ti HELL Impen Aftronomen primario , with two further cartouches reading Ioh: Georg: Klinger fecit Norimberg 1805. and Venalis proftat apud Joh: Georg Klinger Norimberg. 1805. A fine 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter celestial table globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes laid to the ecliptic poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with symbols, a cartouche reading Stellis ab HERSCHELIO detectis non nullas iam cognitas adiecit I.B. Bauer Mechanicus Norimbergens , the constellations depicted by mythical beasts, figures and scientific instruments and delicately hand-coloured with several shades and labelled in Latin, the stars to six ordes of magnitude, with nebulae, and labelled with Greek letters, a note next to Andromeda reading Gloria Frederici II di Regis Borussorum ( some old surface abrasions and rubbing ), the axis through the celestial poles, with engraved brass meridian circle and hour dial, the octagonal oak horizon with delicately hand-coloured engraved paper ring showing decorative pictorial representations of the houses of the Zodiac, days of the month and graduations in degrees, with wind directions in German and a decorative depiction of a scientific instrument at each corner ( some old rubbing ) raised on four square section and slightly curved and tapering legs united by concave square baseplate with meridian support -- 22in. (55.9cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Detail