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"[Lot of 2] Figure XIX [and] Figure LIII", Mallet, Alain Manesson

This lot features two unusual engravings of astronomical phenomena from Mallet's Description de l'Univers. The first sheet features three globes divided into various zones. The sun's rays hit the globe from different angles, with figures on the globe's surface casting shadows. On the second sheet, two diagrams illustrating ancient conceptions of solar eclipses hover above a scene of ruins in the countryside.

References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET A [19] & [54].

Condition: B+

Nice impressions on lightly toned sheets with minor soiling and foxing that is mostly confined to the margins. The second sheet has a bunch of grapes watermark.