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Representation of the five parts of the world : composed in a globular form, so as to give them an easier representation, as also the nature and division of the Earth. Adapted for the use of schools and private instruction.

Accession number
PML 88227
Published
Stuttgart : Fred. Gust. Schulz, [ca. 1830]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Cover title.
Pages laid down inside folder or hinged to it, forming flaps containing the panorama and the "Artificial Earth Globe."
Colored globe divided into six sections. When the strings at the extremities of the globe are pulled GENTLY, it will with some coaxing open out into a reasonable facsimile of a globe.
A panorama sheet consisting of 2 strips, pieced together and folded accordion style, showing 14 hand-colored lithographs of individuals from the different nations, tipped onto the folder.
Engraved title page depicts a bust of Franklin looking out over peoples of the World. A list of "Specification of the different Nations" 1-15 on the verso, is hinged onto the folder. Printed on blue paper,
Laid in are two identical folded sheets of four pages, each with text: "Explication of the figures" (2 pages) and plates (2 pages): "Zodiack and Solstices" and "Mechanism of the Artificial Globe"
Panorama measures 13 x 111 cm
Description
8 p., [2], [8], 2 strips with plates, [6] sections of plates : col. ill. ; 19 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's original glazed dark green folder with flaps, light green lithographed label on cover. In modern 1/4 green morocco slip case with marbled boards by Julia P. Wightman.
Classification
Department