Rigobert Bonne. Globe Terrestre ....Paris 1774. 2ndfloor Wilkes himself oversaw the preparation

Wilkes himself oversaw the preparation of the thousands of pages of data and notes for publication

rivers and ferries in the region

100 bound copies were pulped in 1929 and173 copies remaindered to Heffer & Sons in 1933 @ 10 shillings per set

twenty years after its first purchase of his art

two mermaids

Rigobert Bonne. Globe Terrestre ....Paris 1774. 2ndfloor Wilkes himself oversaw the preparationBONNE, Rigobert (1727 1795) Globe Terrestre dressee par M. Bonne avec privilege et Approbation de lAcademie R[oya]le des Sciences Terrestrial table globe, the globe made up of two sets of 12 engraved gores, hand colored in outline, decorated with both title and printers' cartouches. The greens slightly faded; the varnish replaced in modern times. Wooden meridian circle, green on one face, papered graticule on the other, card hour circle and metal