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Auction 199, Lot 327

"Royaume des Amazones", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Northern South America, Amazon River

Period: 1684 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.8 inches
10.2 x 14.7 cm
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This miniature map of northern South America focuses on the Amazon River and is held up by two native Amazonians. From a German edition of Mallet's renowned Description de l'Univers.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a sheet with the watermark of three circles and minor marginal soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 9/11/2024

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