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Description: A celestial globe made by Emery Molyneux in 1592. Such globes were the first to be made in England and the first to be made by an Englishman. The globe, and a terrestrial globe also manufactured by Molyneux, belong to Middle Temple and are displayed in its library. The caption of the image is: "The Molyneux Celestial Globe. One of a pair at Middle Temple Library. (After a photograph.)"
Title: MolyneuxCelestialGlobe-MiddleTemple-1889
Credit: Frontispiece of Hues, Robert; Clements R. Markham (ed.) (1889) Tractatus de globis et eorum usu: A Treatise Descriptive of the Globes Constructed by Emery Molyneux and Published in 1592 (Hakluyt Society, 1st ser., pt. II, no. 79a), London: Hakluyt Society
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