Celestial globe, on a stand.

[A Celestial Globe, 18 inches in diameter, with dedicatory title as follows: ] Britanniarum Regi Augustissimo Georgio Tertio Astronomorum Patrono Munificentissimo, Celeberrimo, Globum hunc Caelestem, novam et emendatiorem caeli imaginem, sydera apud Africae Promontorium Australe nuperrimè observata, atoßB stellas Catalogi Flamstediani universas, verè exprimentem grati animi et pietatis monumentum, D.D.Q. omni cultu et officio devinctissimus G. Adams. Londini, [George Adams, ca. 1769?] Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Maps G.42b Paired with George Adams' terrestrial globe at Maps G.42a. Language note: In Latin with months of the year on horizon ring in English. 1 globe: col, mounted on a three-legged wooden stand with a brass meridian ring, compass attached to base and globe encased in a modern perspex cover. 46 cm. in diam.; Scale not given