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Auction 120, Lot 85

"Nouveau Continent Avec plusieurs Isles", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1684 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des ganzen welt-kreisses…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.5 inches
10.2 x 14 cm
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Second state of this charming miniature map in a hemispheric projection. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model, with a flat northern coast. The Solomon Islands dominate the Pacific, and part of the New Zealand coast is shown but not named. Three minutely engraved galleons decorate the map. Titled above in German, Das Neue vestelant. Nebst vielen Inselen - fig. 79.

References: Burden (II) #558; McLaughlin #84-1.

Condition: A

Nice impression on a strong sheet with a little printer's ink smudge.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 7/18/2007

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