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Western Hemisphere Published 1684
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Western Hemisphere by Alain Manesson Mallet c1684 'Description de L'Univers' Shows California as an Island, no Northwest Coast of America and an incomplete New Zealand. Sailing ships shown.
Copper plate engraved by Alain Manesson Mallet. First published 1683
Excellent condition, fine engraving on hand laid paper. Slight thinning line to paper at lower left.
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.