John and William NEWTON. Newton’s New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton’s New and Improved Celestial Globe. London 1820. Texasaudubon 104 in Imago Mundi

104 in Imago Mundi

Inset of Northern China and Ferdinand Verbiest

When Catlin first issued his portfolio

the 1840s was the boom decade of the Oregon Trail

Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848-1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges

John and William NEWTON. Newton’s New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton’s New and Improved Celestial Globe. London 1820. Texasaudubon 104 in Imago MundiJohn and William NEWTON (fl. 1818 1830) Newtons New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newtons New and Improved Celestial Globe A fine pair of small library globes each made up of two sets of twelve engraved globe gores, hand colored in outline with title cartouches, later varnish. Minor stress cracks on both globes. Brass hour circles and meridian circles, each with an engraved graticule to one face. The globes mounted on their original elegant English