Pair of French 13-Inch Table Globes, c. 1875

Maison DELAMARCHE, Rue Serpente 25, Paris. Terrestrial and celestial globes, made up of twelve colored gores and two polar calottes, engraved brass equator and meridian rings, on cast-iron arches attached to turned and ebonised wooden supports. Earth globe with markings for railway telegraph lines and submarine cables, steamer routes with arrival and departure ports and travel time in days, oceans with indication of currents, continents with finely shaded outlines, representation of mountains, rivers, cities and towns. Celestial globe with constellations depicted by mythical animals, figures and scientific instruments in faintly dotted outlines, the stars inscribed in Greek characters and some named in French, the Milky Way depicted in yellow with a bold orange border. – Surfaces with slight abrasion, otherwise without cracks or damage. – Height 26 in. each

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)