Description
MANESSON-MALLET (ALLAIN). Description de l'univers, contenant les différents systêmes du monde, les Cartes generales particuliers de la Geographie Ancienne Moderne : Les Plans les Profils des principales Villes des autres lieux plus considerables de la Terre [...]. À Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, 1683. One volume (of 5) in-8°, red morocco, double framed in Duseuil-style gilded fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilded edges (period binding). A title-frontispiece, a portrait of Louis XIV, to whom the work is dedicated, a portrait of the author, a headband, and 112 engraved figures (out of 113) [numbered 1 to 87, 87bis and 88 to 112]. First volume only of five; binding soiled; plates II lacking; bi-folio 5/6-11/12 lacking; wetnesses; small marginal accidents and a few stains on a few leaves; handwritten bookplates on title. Pastoureau 309; Sabin 44130. Expert : Emmanuel de BROGLIE, Cabinet REVEL
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MANESSON-MALLET (ALLAIN). Description de l'univers, contenant les différents systêmes du monde, les Cartes generales particuliers de la Geographie Ancienne Moderne : Les Plans les Profils des principales Villes des autres lieux plus considerables de la Terre [...]. À Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, 1683. One volume (of 5) in-8°, red morocco, double framed in Duseuil-style gilded fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilded edges (period binding). A title-frontispiece, a portrait of Louis XIV, to whom the work is dedicated, a portrait of the author, a headband, and 112 engraved figures (out of 113) [numbered 1 to 87, 87bis and 88 to 112]. First volume only of five; binding soiled; plates II lacking; bi-folio 5/6-11/12 lacking; wetnesses; small marginal accidents and a few stains on a few leaves; handwritten bookplates on title. Pastoureau 309; Sabin 44130. Expert : Emmanuel de BROGLIE, Cabinet REVEL
