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Auction 94, Lot 19

"Planisphere de Turquet [on sheet with] Planisphere de Bertius [and] Planisphere d'Arzael", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: World

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Description de l'Univers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 5.6 inches
10.2 x 14.2 cm
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Small copper engraving with three comparative world maps. The top map is a single north polar projection and the other two are twin hemispheres; one on a north polar projection. CALIFORNIA IS SHOWN AS AN ISLAND.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $160

Closed on 3/7/2001

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