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"Amerique Septentrionale", Mallet, Alain Manesson
Subject: Colonial North America
Period: 1683 (circa)
Publication: Description de l'Univers
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.6 x 6.2 inches
11.7 x 15.7 cm
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This charming miniature map depicts the continent with the island of California shown only to about the 40 degrees north. The Great Lakes are open-ended in the west and called Mer Douce, and there is a north-south range of mountains called Mont de Suala. A drape-style cartouche adorns the title. French text on verso.
See also lot 738 for Philip Burden's The Mapping of North America - A List of Printed Maps 1511-1700 that describes this map.
References: Burden #563; McLaughlin #81-2; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET A [624].
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a faintly toned sheet with a few spots of foxing in the blank margins.
Estimate: $160 - $190
Current High Bid:
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Reserve: Reserve Not Met
Next Bid: $80
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