Description
Condition: Generally good, recently professionally restored to remove varnish and restore a few minor cracks and abrasions (some of which have caused minor scattered lightening or loss to some cartographic details), then revarnished. Globe now nonetheless retains some scattered persistent darker remnants of original varnish and/or toning to paper, causing an overall mottled appearance, with a few cartographic lines or details obscured, and with minor cracks well filled but still discernible. Globe appearance is better in person than in pictures shown on our website (which accentuate darker toning areas), but it still overall definitely exhibits these condition issues. Overall this rare small globe on stand is quite charming, presenting quite well.
References:
The Photographic News: A Weekly Record of the Progress of Photography. Vol. 31, No. 1482. 28 January 1887, p. viii. Online at Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=JfkVEnuyBS0C&pg=RA1-PA48 (28 August 2017).