MALBY and Son. Reissued by James Wyld, Malby’s terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies. London, 1885

MALBY and Son. Reissued by James WyldMalby’s terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies A monumental terrestrial globe. The globe made up of two sets of 48 hand-colored engraved globe gores, with polar calottes, the surface with some stress cracks along gore edges and a few other cracks, large areas of the Northern Pacific and the central Atlantic touching Greenland and Brazil all expertly restored, with the title cartouche also redrawn in manuscript. Later brass hour circles diameter 6.5 inches, later brass meridian circle graduated on one face, facsimile horizon papers. The globe mounted in a late 19th century stand in Malby/Wyld style, the horizon supported by a contemporary tripod veneered wooden stand, central wooden support, scrolled supports and base, castors. London, James Wyld the younger, 1885Diameter 36 in.; Height 56 in. This monumental terrestrial globe, called the “Colossus Globe” was manufactured by James Wyld in 1867 and it was the largest and one