Wood, brass, chromolithographed paper on pasteboard
Berlin, Germany, c. 1890
Ludwig Julius Heymann – bookseller in Breslau, producing globes in Berlin from 1883 onwards
With printed inscription ‘ERD-GLOBUS. 114 cm Umfang. Durchgesehen von Dr. Henry Lange. Berlin. Ludw. Julius Heymann Geographischer Verlag‘
12 coated paper gores over pasteboard sphere with 2 polar callotes
With telegraph lines and steamboat traffic
Multiply turned wooden base with integrated compass
Height: 35.5 cm; diameter: 37 cm
Good condition
A popular collector’s item of historical, cultural, aesthetic and scientific value

This table globe was made by the company Ludwig Julius Heymann. He had moved his bookstore, which he had founded in Wroclaw, to Berlin in 1861 where he started producing globes in various sizes.



Condition:

The globe is in good overall condition. Occasional small cracks (lightly soiled) and partial abrasions, otherwise overall of good impression. It measures approximately 61 cm in height.



Geographisch Artistische Anstalt Ludwig Julius Heymann

Ludwig Julius Heymann was born in Breslau, yet in 1861 he moved his bookshop to Berlin where he started producing terrestrial globes in 1883 with the comany’s name Geografic artistical institution Ludwig Julius Heymann. He quickly established his company on the market and was regarded as one of the most important manufacturers of globes in his day. For a longer period employed in the company was Prof Dr. Henry Lange, who reviewed and created the segments. After Heymanns‘ death in 1899, the company was lead on by employees and later by several owners. The company was relocated to Leipzig after the 1st World War and there it merged with Wagner & Debes, the famous publishing house for maps and atlases, especially for schools.

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