Description
Rare lunarium by Ernst Schotte. Berlin, around 1877, the globe labeled "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", the globe as a papier-mâché sphere covered with 12 lithographed paper segments, country borders partly colored by hand, brass half meridian with 2 x 90° graduation, mounted on a turned and ebonized wooden base with a rotating device for the rotation of a wooden moon sphere, the base with mounted paper horizon with indication of seasons, months, zodiac signs and a graduation. Signs of age. Earth globe diameter: approx. 24 cm. Moon globe: approx. 5 cm. Height: approx. 46 cm. Early edition of a lunarium from the publishing program of the Berlin globe manufacturer Ernst Schotte & Co. datable to the time around 1877 (mapping the course of the Congo according to Stanley and Livingston). Cf. literature: Lehmann, R., Berliner Globenhersteller 1790-1970, 2010, p. 54 ff. A rare Ernst Schotte Lunarium. Berlin c, 1877, the terrestrial globe signed "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", 12 lithographed globe gores mounted on cardboard sphere, boundaries partly coloured by hand, graduated brass half-meridian, ebonized turned wooden stand with a rotating moon sphere. Signs of age. Diameter globe c. 24 cm, moon sphere c. 5 cm, height c. 46 cm.
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Rare lunarium by Ernst Schotte. Berlin, around 1877, the globe labeled "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", the globe as a papier-mâché sphere covered with 12 lithographed paper segments, country borders partly colored by hand, brass half meridian with 2 x 90° graduation, mounted on a turned and ebonized wooden base with a rotating device for the rotation of a wooden moon sphere, the base with mounted paper horizon with indication of seasons, months, zodiac signs and a graduation. Signs of age. Earth globe diameter: approx. 24 cm. Moon globe: approx. 5 cm. Height: approx. 46 cm. Early edition of a lunarium from the publishing program of the Berlin globe manufacturer Ernst Schotte & Co. datable to the time around 1877 (mapping the course of the Congo according to Stanley and Livingston). Cf. literature: Lehmann, R., Berliner Globenhersteller 1790-1970, 2010, p. 54 ff. A rare Ernst Schotte Lunarium. Berlin c, 1877, the terrestrial globe signed "Die Erdkugel nach den neuesten u. besten Quellen bearbeitet, Berlin Ernst Schotte & Co.", 12 lithographed globe gores mounted on cardboard sphere, boundaries partly coloured by hand, graduated brass half-meridian, ebonized turned wooden stand with a rotating moon sphere. Signs of age. Diameter globe c. 24 cm, moon sphere c. 5 cm, height c. 46 cm.
