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Auction 146, Lot 1

"& Omne cum Tot Sideribus Caelum Se Movit in Illo",

Subject: Frontispiece

Period: 1676 (circa)

Publication: Tableaux du Temple des Muses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
3.9 x 5.6 inches
9.9 x 14.2 cm
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This lovely plate from M. des Marolles' Temple des Muses shows Atlas holding aloft the sky, as described in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Engraved by Peter de Bailliu.

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Condition: A

On bright paper with some minor soiling and printer's ink residue in the blank margins.

Estimate: $190 - $220

Sold for: $85

Closed on 9/4/2013

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