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Auction 167, Lot 9

"[Lot of 2] Carte du Monde de Marc Paul / Carte du Monde de Iacques Castaldo / Carte du Monde de Miguel Lopez [and] Planisphere de Turquet / Planisphere de Bertius / Planisphere d Arzael", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: World

Period: 1684 (circa)

Publication: Beschreibung des Ganzen Welt-Kreisses...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.7 inches
10.2 x 14.5 cm
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This matching pair of maps show how the depictions of the known world have evolved over time, based on the work of various geographers and cartographers.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B; Shirley #518.

Condition: A

Crisp impressions on watermarked paper with minor marginal soiling and light toning along the edges of the sheets.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 3/28/2018

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