Large Terrestrial Globe

A very rare and large Louis XVI terrestrial globe by the royal French globemaker Jean Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817). He had a shop in Paris, in the Rue de la Harpe and made globes of various sizes and published geographical works. This globe is the largest one he ever produced with a diameter of 32 cm published in 1780. It is signed in a beautiful cartouche: "Globe Terrestre Rédigé, d’après les observations astronomiques les plus justes et les plus récentes. Par Mr. Buy de Mornas, Géographe du Roy et les Enfants de France. A Paris, chez le Sr. Fortin, Ingénieur, Mécanicien du Roy, pour les globes et sphères Rue de la Harpe près celle du Foin, 1780". An attractive globe in a nice, authentic condition.