Iceland Published 1684 SOLD

ICELAND by Alain Manesson Mallet c1684 'Description de L'Univers'

Method: Copper plate engraved

Creator: Alain Manesson Mallet

Published: First published 1683

Condition: Excellent condition, fine engraving on hand laid paper with later hand colour.

Approx engraved area: 4" x 5 5/8" (102mm x 143mm)

Notes:This from Volume 1 of the French text edition published by Johann David Zunner 1684. The plates engraved for Zunner are close copies of the originals and still have French titles and names. A few are signed by there engravers: J.P. Aubrey, Johann J. Vogel and W.C. Daucher.