Author: Kejlbo, Ib Rønne
Title: Rare Globes : A Cultural-historical Exposition of Selected Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Made Before 1850..,.
Description: Copenhagen, Munksgaard / Rosinante, (1995). orig.boards. 25x16cm, 236 pp.. Textual photo illustrations.. ISBN: 8716111125. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Rare Globes : A Cultural-historical Exposition of Selected Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Made Before 1850 : Especially Connected with Denmark". The catalogue lists & describes 109 globes,. Contents: The Earliest History of Terrestrial & Celestial Globes; Cartography & the Art of Globe Making in the Years of the Great Geographical Discoveries; Tycho Brahe as Globe Maker; Globes with Dedications to Christian IV of Denmark; Astronomical Clocks & Large Globes;Atlas Figures; Some Outstanding Globographers : Survey of Globes; Picture Gallery; Notes; The Construction; Catalogue.

Keywords: 8716111125 History of Cartography, Globes, Globe Making, Globography, Geography, Denmark, Scandinavia, ,