DELAMARCHE, Charles-Francois (1740 - 1817).
Terrestrial Globe.
Diameter 7 inches (18cm).; Overall height 16 inches (41 cm).
Paris, 1791.

The globe made up of a single set of 12 engraved globe gores, hand colored in outline with circular cartouche dated 1791. Some careful restoration along the equatorial circle with skillful manuscript replacements. Papered wooden meridian circle surmounted by dial and pointer. The globe mounted on an elegant Delamarche style stand, papered horizon and 4 quadrant supports, with ebonized baluster-turned wooden pillar and base.

An attractive table or desk globe, in the distinctive style of the Delamarche firm, one of the most successful French makers of maps and globes. This a fine example of their work and was published by the founder of the firm, the cartouche reading "Dresse par Delamarche Geogr. Rue du Foin St. Jacques A Paris, An. 1791."Delamarche was the successor of the great map and globe-making family of Robert De Vaugondy, and was the first French commercial globe maker to popularize the globe to a mass market, which they did by reducing the cost of construction, while maintaining a high standard in the geography of their globes. Traditional brass meridians, horizon rings and armatures were replaced by wooden or papier-mache ones. In addition, the firm used simpler, single- turned pedestal stands rather than the traditional European four-legged designs.