A pair of 10′ table globes by Malbyand sons

A pair of 10′ table globes by Malby and Sons. Manufactured and published under the superintendence of The Society for the Diffusion of the Knowledge.

Untouched condition.

The Malby family of map and globe makers was started by Thomas Malby, Sr. about 1839 and continued producing globes until the turn of the 20th century. The firm operated as Malby & Son with Thomas Malby, Jr. and globes produced by the company generally were engraved by C. Malby — presumably a family member — and later continued by Thomas Malby III. Malby produced a variety of table globes in many sizes as well as an interesting pocket globe. The depiction of the lines of magnetic variation on a globe was a Malby innovation. The Malby firm associated itself with the geographical publishing of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). By 1862, Malby globes designed for the SDUK were published by Edward Stanford (1827-1904) whose company is still in business today. Malby also worked with James Wyld, a map, atlas, and globemaker. The firm of Wyld also sold Malby globes.