Classic Globe Paris 1745

This classic Vaugondy French globe stands excel in the visual appeal of their proportions, a rich and perfect match of ebonized wood and bronze. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723–1786), were leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s.Gilles and Didier Robert De Vaugondy produced their maps and terrestrial globes working together as father and son. Globes of a variety of sizes were made by gluing copperplate-printed gores on a plaster-finished papier-mache core, a complicated and expensive manufacturing process, employing several specialists. *** Wij berekenen geen verzendkosten - u krijgt een bonuskorting van 24 euro indien u de globe zelf af komt halen!