Globe Celeste, Sphere Armillaire Oblique, Globe Terrestre: Bourgoin 1784

Title: Globe Celeste, Sphere Armillaire Oblique, Globe Terrestre Author: Pierre Bourgoin Date: 1784 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Excellent - issued center fold, minimal age toning and foxing Inches: 18 3/4 x 14 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 47.63 x 36.83 [Image] Product ID: 2641 Image of a terrestrial and celestial globe, as well as an armillary sphere and views of the earth along two different axes, by Pierre Bourgoin. Published as part of his Atlas Élémentaire de la Géographie. Contains a great deal of explanatory text about the Earth's positioning and other astronomical data. Background on Creator Pierre Bourgoin was a French line and letter engraver active in Paris during the early to mid-18th century. He is best known for engraving maps for some of the most notable cartographers of the time, particularly Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697–1782). Bourgoin’s work appears on several important antique maps and globes dating from the 1730s to the 1