Globe celeste dont la position des Etoiles est reduite a l'année 1800 par M. Messiers astronome de la Marine, de l’Acadèmie Rle des Sciences Ec. Ec

Celestial sphere surrounded by a metal spherical arc measuring 36.7 cm (exterior diameter), 1.7 cm in width, and 0.4 cm thick, which acts as a meridian. The arc features the inscription: Meridien / Degrés d’elevation du Pôle. Each quadrant is graduated and numbered from 0º to 90º. The sphere, 32.7 cm in diameter, is covered with pasteboard and printed, inked paper. It is Ptolemaic in type – that is, with the Earth as its centre. The language used is French.

The constellations are shown using the typical names and classical figures, and are coloured. At the top a horizontal ring can be seen, divided up into hours and using Roman numerals and a brass needle. Sphere with 12 spindles. An inscription located between the constellations of Bouvier and Le Dragon gives the authorship of the chart: A Paris/ chez Delamarche géographe / Rue du Foin S. Jacq. au Collège de Me Gervais, while in the bottom left corner we can see De la Haye fils / Scrips. The title, situated between the consolations of Boussole and Hydre reads thus: Globe celeste / dont la position des Etoiles/ est reduite a l'année 1800 / par M. Messiers/ astronome de la Marine, de / l’Acadèmie Rle des Sciences Ec. Ec., while in the lower right corner there is the name of the engraver: E. Voisard Sculps. Above the constellation of Le Livre there is another legend: Grand. Des Etoiles that has a graduation of up to 7 magnitudes of intensity.

The Equator and the elliptic are graduated. The Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn are the only ones drawn. Wooden horizon, 7 cm, with printed coloured paper, and with the border painted red. The ring of the horizon is decorated with the signs of the zodiac featuring drawings of each sign, the months of the year and the directions of the winds, including double graduation with difference of degrees.

The sphere is mounted on a Dutch-type base 37 cm in height.