- Page Title
- A Louis XVI celestial globe showing the position of fixed stars for the year 1780, by Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817), circa 1780 | Classic Design | 2025 | Sotheby's
- Brand
- sothebys.com
- Type
- Other
- First Seen
- 9/15/2025
- Last Seen
- 9/17/2025
- Domain
- sothebys.com
- URL
- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/classic-design-pf2501/a-louis-xvi-celestial-globe-showing-the-position
- Description
- <p>on an ebonized stand, signed in a cartouche: <em>“POSITION des Etoiles Fixes pour l’Année 1780. / Par le Sr. Fortin, Ingen. Géogr. à Paris.”, </em>the globe successively shows : the 360° graduations in degrees of the circumference north of the Equator, the monthly graduations; the division of the signs of the Zodiac and their correspondence with the degree graduations; the graduation of the Winds, the meridian with degree graduation for the elevation of the Arctic and Antarctic Poles; and the division of the climates and hours</p><p><br></p><p>Haut. 50 cm, diam. 38 cm ; Height 19 3/5 in, diam. 15 in</p>
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