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Auction 108, Lot 67

"Etoilles Nouvelles", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Celestial

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Description de l' Univers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 6 inches
10.2 x 15.2 cm
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A delightful miniature chart depicting five constellations with their new discoveries. Includes Cassiopee, Cygne, Andromede, Baleine, and Vleuve Eridan and la Lievre. At bottom is a moonlit fishing scene.

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Condition: A

Minor soil in margins.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Unsold

Closed on 9/29/2004

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