Paris, 1790. Celestial sphere with 12 hand-colored engraved paper gores over papier-mâché, pasteboard frames, horizon rings printed with months, days, signs of the zodiac and directions, meridian rings printed with the degrees of elevation of the poles, the circumferences painted in red. Mounted within meridian ring on the armillary sphere are five armillary rings, one each for the Equator, Arctic, Antarctic and Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, the five rings surrounded by a band printed on one side with the names of the zodiac as well as the months; mounted in the center is a 2 inch diameter celestial globe. Both on turned wood stands with circular bases, each 7-1/2 inches diameter, 16 inches tall.
Paris, 1790. Celestial sphere with 12 hand-colored engraved paper gores over papier-mâché, pasteboard frames, horizon rings printed with months, days, signs of the zodiac and directions, meridian rings printed with the degrees of elevation of the poles, the circumferences painted in red. Mounted within meridian ring on the armillary sphere are five armillary rings, one each for the Equator, Arctic, Antarctic and Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, the five rings surrounded by a band printed on one side with the names of the zodiac as well as the months; mounted in the center is a 2 inch diameter celestial globe. Both on turned wood stands with circular bases, each 7-1/2 inches diameter, 16 inches tall.
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