Du Globe Terrestre, 1683 (Figure LXXIV) (Original Framed Leaf, mounted, in frame, under glass.)
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Du Globe Terrestre, 1683 (Figure LXXIV) (Original Framed Leaf, mounted, in frame, under glass.)
Alain Manesson Mallet
Denis Thierry, 1683
[Planosphere] 5 maps on 1 sheet ; 14 x 10 cm. 5.6 x 4 in. Wooden framed, under glass. 209 p. Illustration map from Mallet's "Description de l'Univers" in 5 volumes of Paris, 1683. Figure LXXIV with California shown as an island. Shows three projections of the world. Engraved and hand-coloured illustration with a north planisphere entitled Planisphere de Turquet, a north and south polar projection Planisphere de Bertius, and a double hemisphere Planisphere d'Arzael.