"[Lot of 2] Carte du Monde de Marc Paul / Carte du Monde de Iacques Castaldo / Carte du Monde de Miguel Lopez [and] Planisphere de Turquet / Planisphere de Bertius / Planisphere d Arzael", Mallet, Alain Manesson
Subject: World
Period: 1684 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Ganzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 5.7 inches
10.2 x 14.5 cm
This matching pair of maps show how the depictions of the known world have evolved over time, based on the work of various geographers and cartographers.
References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B; Shirley #518.
Condition: A
Crisp impressions on watermarked paper with minor marginal soiling and light toning along the edges of the sheets.