Homann (Johann Baptist) Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr, hand-coloured engraved plate, engraved letterpress, some staining to edges, repairs to all four corners with some text supplied in manuscript, slightly browned, splitting in two along central fold, 510 x 570mm., Nuremberg, J.B. Homann, [c. 1742]; and 4 pieces, including: an ALs from Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), lawyer and politician; and an ALs from Ellen Terry, v.s., v.d. (5 pieces).
⁂ First mentioned a chart in the shape of a clock to show how the sun's light moves about the earth during a 24-hours day. The text panels show a description of the universal clock, built by the Nuremberg clockmaker Zacharias Land[t]eck. The globe, surrounded by a ring of Zodiac signs, shows California as an island.