first edition As issued in a contemporary, sturdy, paste-paper box covered in paper with a printed paper label on the top.
1831 · Munich
by Cella, Philipp - INFLATABLE GLOBE
Munich: P Cella, 1831. First edition.. As issued in a contemporary, sturdy, paste-paper box covered in paper with a printed paper label on the top.. Very good with three or four light brown spots (on the internal side) that are insignificant. The inflatable membrane within the globe has decayed over time. Surface in very good condition. There are NO rips, tears etc. Corners of the box with old external reinforcement.. An appx. 5'4" in diameter (!) inflatable terrestrial globe. Printed on thin translucent, high strength milled paper ("Seidenpapier") and lithographically printed in vibrant color outline with some pastel shadings or "washes"; printed identification overall. Accompanied by the original 15 pp. pamphlet by Anton Klein (dated October, 1831) in blue printed wrappers and the original paper bellows air pump issued to inflate the globe. All in the original box.The text on the globe is primarily German but with substantial English covering voyages of discovery that are delineated, geographical features, rivers, harbors etc. The scale is not defined; prime meridian passes through Ferro Island. The original suspension point is also present.
Cella had resided in the UK for many years when he encountered George Pocock, a preacher and keeper of a school. Pocock had developed the idea of an inflatable globe and manufactured it. Cella, impressed by the object, was inspired to produce his own grand version. He developed, enlarged - and improved - the globe, manufacturing this extraordinarily large terrestrial, inflatable globe that represented more features than Pocock's rendering. Cella's version is entirely original with superb lithography. Geographical details, notes on the passage to India, and notes on discoveries include, for example, those in the north polar region, close to Greenland, in Africa and for Tasmania. In the oceans, there are a number of islands with text. A number of other explorers are labelled, for example Magellan 1521, Bermuda 1522 and Cano 1526. There are the tracks of the voyages of 11 explorers, including, for example, Cook 1768, 1771, 1772, 1778, Clerk 1779 and Gore 1780. The place of the mutiny of the Bounty in 1788 is indicated. Eight oceans are named. American western and southwestern territories are marked and states are delineated. It also illustrates the beginning of the colonization of Africa through the delineation of European "spheres of influence" (a printed designation) beyond the coast in the otherwise blank interior of the continent. Dekker, Globes at Greenwich; Lanman, Der Globusfreund, June 1987, p. 39-43; Sotheby's, Travel...., Nov. 2010, #213; Allmayer-Beck, Modelle der Welt ...., pp. 129 & 200. (Inventory #: 23111)
Cella had resided in the UK for many years when he encountered George Pocock, a preacher and keeper of a school. Pocock had developed the idea of an inflatable globe and manufactured it. Cella, impressed by the object, was inspired to produce his own grand version. He developed, enlarged - and improved - the globe, manufacturing this extraordinarily large terrestrial, inflatable globe that represented more features than Pocock's rendering. Cella's version is entirely original with superb lithography. Geographical details, notes on the passage to India, and notes on discoveries include, for example, those in the north polar region, close to Greenland, in Africa and for Tasmania. In the oceans, there are a number of islands with text. A number of other explorers are labelled, for example Magellan 1521, Bermuda 1522 and Cano 1526. There are the tracks of the voyages of 11 explorers, including, for example, Cook 1768, 1771, 1772, 1778, Clerk 1779 and Gore 1780. The place of the mutiny of the Bounty in 1788 is indicated. Eight oceans are named. American western and southwestern territories are marked and states are delineated. It also illustrates the beginning of the colonization of Africa through the delineation of European "spheres of influence" (a printed designation) beyond the coast in the otherwise blank interior of the continent. Dekker, Globes at Greenwich; Lanman, Der Globusfreund, June 1987, p. 39-43; Sotheby's, Travel...., Nov. 2010, #213; Allmayer-Beck, Modelle der Welt ...., pp. 129 & 200. (Inventory #: 23111)
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