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Auction 150, Lot 67

"Nouveau Continent ou Amerique", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Description de l'Univers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.1 x 5.6 inches
10.4 x 14.2 cm
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This is the third of three similar miniature maps of the Americas drawn in a hemispheric projection in Description de l'Univers. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model, with a flat northern coastline. The northwestern coastline of North America starts to extend west near 60° N. An extensive coastline in the region of Australia and New Guinea and several Pacific islands appear in the west without names. This is the first state with page 269 at upper right and French text on verso.

References: Burden #560; McLaughlin #86; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET 1A #623.

Condition: A

A fine impression on watermarked paper with faint show-through of text on verso.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 9/17/2014

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