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Auction 155, Lot 407
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"Isle d'Islande", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Iceland

Period: 1685 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.1 x 5.8 inches
10.4 x 14.7 cm
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This is a great little miniature map of "Island" with scenes of whaling in the sea between Iceland and Greenland and a raging naval battle in the foreground. The map was based on the work of Gerard Mercator and Johannes Blaeu. Blank verso. From the German edition of Manesson-Mallet's Description de l'Univers.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

A dark impression with light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2015

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