J & W Newton.
Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe.
Diameter 12 inches (31 cm).; Overall height 40 inches (102 cm).
London, Both Celestial and Terrestrial dated 1820.

A fine pair of small library globes each made up of two sets of twelve engraved globe gores, hand-colored in outline with title cartouches, later varnish. Minor stress cracks on both globes. Brass hour circles and meridian circles, each with an engraved graticule to one face. The globes mounted on their original elegant English mahogany tripod stands, original compasses without pointers, papered horizon bars supported by four quadrants, with central turned wooden pillar and curved feet.

A fine pair of attractive library globes on distinctive English-style stands by J. & W. Newton. The Newton family of cartographers were among the leading English globe makers of the early 19th Century. Together with the Cary family, the two controlled 90% of the British globe market. A globe became an essential element in the decoration of a library or study.