Terrestrial Globe By Charles Dien, 1840-1850

- Terrestrial globe by Charles Dien* made between 1840 and 1850.

Covered with a printed terrestrial map, the globe is decorated with a graduated brass meridian circle and a horizontal median steel circle.

- The map is signed "Globe classique / Nouvelle édition / par/ CH. DIEN / argent collé/ PARIS / F.le BERTAUX EDITEUR / 25, Rue Serpente, PARIS"

- The globe is supported by a metal arch extended by a brass and wood base, turned in a concave shape, blackened.

- Dimensions: Height: 49 cm Width: 31.3 cm Diameter of the globe: 24.5 cm

*Charles Dien Père worked as an engraver for the Delamarche family around 1819. His son, Charles Dien (1809-1870), astronomer and cosmographer, was the author of several planetaria, terrestrial and celestial globes, and in particular this one. He published several atlases on astronomical phenomena and in 1833 a Description and usage of the celestial globe. Dien fils, made globes mainly between 1840 and 1850. (Dictionary of French manufacturers of measuring instruments from the 15th to the 19th century, Franck Marcelin, Galerie Franck Marcelin, 2004)