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CERCLES DE LONGITUDE (Circles of Longitude) by Allain Manesson Mallet c1684
'Description de Univers' Decorative engraved Armillary Sphere
Method: Copper plate engraved
Creator: Allain 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: It shows Europe, Africa, Asia, part of Australia and the Arctic and Antarctica . 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.