World.- Mallet (Allain Manesson) Description de
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World.- Mallet (Allain Manesson) Description de l'Univers, 5 vol., first edition in French, 5 additional engraved pictorial titles, 2 portraits, and 684 full-page maps and illustrations, some double-page but numbered as single pages), numbering erratic, several with another map/plate pasted over the original (nos.12, 57 & 81 in vol.2, 5 & 11 in vol.3, 128 in vol.4 & 23 in vol.5), some light soiling, browning to a few leaves in vol.3, slight staining to plates 93 in vol.1, 80-82 in vol.2 & 69/70 in vol.5, one or two minor marginal defects, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spine ends a little worn and chipped, some repairs, [Sabin 44130], 8vo, Paris, Denys Thierry, 1683.
⁂ A good clean and complete copy of this important atlas from the Grand Siècle. The copious illustrations and maps cover all parts of the known world, as well as the heavens.
⁂ A good clean and complete copy of this important atlas from the Grand Siècle. The copious illustrations and maps cover all parts of the known world, as well as the heavens.
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World.- Mallet (Allain Manesson) Description de
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