Accession No

6625

Brief Description

10-cm globe of Mars, which belonged to Sir Patrick Moore, produced by Louis Niesten, made by J. Lebeque and Company, Belgian, 1892

Origin

Belgium; Brussels

Maker

Niesten, Louis J. Lebeque and Company

Class

astronomy; demonstration

Earliest Date

1892

Latest Date

1892

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); paper; baize; foam

Dimensions

200mm (height) x 115mm (base depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, 85 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3LD. Sale 11006, Lot. 123: Travel, Science and Natural History, 08/10/2015. From the sale of Sir Patrick Moore's collection, along with Wh.6626.

Inscription

Globe De Mars
dressé
PAR L NEISTEN
d’aprés les observations faites
A BRUXELLES & A MILAN
NOMENCLATURE SCHIAPARELLI
NOMENCLATURE GREEN
J.Lebeque & Co. Bruxelles

Description Notes

Globe of Mars, produced by Louis Niesten after own map and nomenclature of Schiaparelli and Green, made by J. Lebeque & Co., Belgian, 1892.

Globe with 12 gores and two small polar caps. Made after Neisten’s observations at Brussels in 1877 and also in Milan. Includes nomenclature from Giovanni Schiaparelli and Nathan Green’s observations. Gores are lithographically printed in black, red and blue ink. Globe mounted at 23o. Very rudimentary stand, which is not original.

This is the third mass-produced globe of the planet Mars (preceded by Hans Busk, 1873, and Camille Flammarion, 1884).

complete.

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