Celestial globe signed "Jacques HARDY 1739" on a straight base of turned blackened wood.
Literature: Jacques Hardy, a globe maker active from 1738, worked with his son, who died in 1744, and then with his son-in-law Louis Charles Desnos until his death in 1755.
His globes have a cartouche traditionally inscribed: "Se fait chez Hardy, Rue St Julien le pauvre vis-à-vis la ville de Rome à Paris".
In the case of our globe, this latter inscription was covered with green paper, to which were added the appropriate stars, when the globe left the workshop to be sold by Desnos.
Condition : In good condition.
References : CNAM Paris - Dekker "Globes at Greenwich" catalog p.352 for globes dated 1738.
Dimensions : 45 cm high x diameter of 22 cm (globe).
Paris dated 1739.
Reference : E ex Ta
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