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Auction 104, Lot 72

"[Lot of 2 - Untitled Celestial Charts]", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Celestial

Period: 1685 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.1 x 5.9 inches
10.4 x 15 cm
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Great pair of small charts each with the constellations in allegorical form featuring the northern and southern sky. Each sphere is suspended above an engraved harbor scene on a moonlit night.

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Condition: A

Minor soil in margins.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 9/10/2003

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