A Joseph Forest globe on an ebonized wooden base, France, about 1900

H 57,5 cm

The globe marked 'Globe terrestre dressé par J. Forest géographe - Officier de l'Instruction Publique - Forest éditeur - Fournisseur du Ministère de l''Instruction Publique - 17.19 Rue de Buci 17.19 Paris'.

Joseph Forest (1865-?) was a French geographer and cartographer. In 1886, he founded a publishing house for maps and plans, mappemondes, globes, terrestrial and celestial spheres, paintings and wall maps for education at 17-19, rue de Buci in Paris.

Scale: 1/40.000.000.