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Auction 152, Lot 53
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"[Lot of 2] Des Colures [and] Fig. 9", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Armillary Spheres

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Beschreibung des Ganzen Welt-Kreisses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.3 x 5.9 inches
10.9 x 15 cm
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Each of these exquisite engravings features an armillary sphere against a nature backdrop. The first shows the equinoctial and solstitial colures and includes an alternate German title, Von den en Coluren across the top. The second sphere is mounted on a stone stand and labels the Arctic and Antarctic circles as well as the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Size varies slightly.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: B+

Both sheets have light soiling mostly confined to the margins and hinge tape on the versos. <i>Des Colures</i> is on a watermarked sheet with a short printer's crease.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/18/2015

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