Oct 5, 2017
Selenographia, 1797-1805 John Russell (English painter / visual artist, 1745--1806) Science Museum, London, UK Photos courtesy British Library
‘’This is the oldest three-dimensional representation of the moon. It consists of a lunar globe and a small terrestrial globe. A mechanism allows it to simulate the motion of the moon's libration.’’ (Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy)
More detailed information on the website of the Museum of the History of Science (Oxford, England): http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/about/sphaera/sphaera-issue-no-2/sphere-no-2-john-russells-selenographia/