Charles Smith and Son (fl. 1803 – 1862), Smith’s Terrestrial Globe; Smith’s Celestial Globe

Charles Smith and Son (fl. 1803 – 1862) Smith’s Terrestrial Globe; Smith’s Celestial Globe London, 172 Strand, ca. 1830 Diameter 18 in.; Height 43 in. A fine pair of library globes each made up of two sets of twelve engraved globe gores, with title cartouches, later varnish with some light discoloration of the gores, a few stress fractures to the terrestrial. The Pacific marking the tracks of Cook 1776-1778, La Perouse 1786, and Vancouver 1793-95. Brass hour circles, brass meridian circles with an engraved graticule to one face. The globes mounted on their original elegant English mahogany tripod stands, papered horizon bars, supported by four quadrants, with central turned wooden pillar and curved feet, cross-stretchers supporting glazed compasses, lacking pointers. Brass castors. A fine pair of attractive library globes on elegant “Georgian” stands. By the early 19th century, globes had become an essential element to any Englishman’s library or study, and Smith was among the leading