Sale 19BP02 | Lot 65

[WORLD] SANSON, NICHOLAS / JAILLOT, ALEXIS-HUBERT. Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre e...

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Lot 65
[WORLD] SANSON, NICHOLAS / JAILLOT, ALEXIS-HUBERT. Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres, ou Sont Exactement Remarquees en General Toutes les Parties de la Terre et de l'Eau, Suivant les Relations les Plus Nouvelles.
Paris: Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, 1687. Engraved double-page double-hemisphere map on two sheets joined, with partial hand coloring. Neatlines 21 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches (55 x 90 cm), with wider margins. Framed. Worn with losses to upper margin where joined and corners but not affecting image, the paper brittle and with some creases and other wear, the extremities soiled, would benefit from restoration and sold as is.
A later issue of Sanson's elegant double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island and a large "Terre de Iesso ou Ieco" extending from Japan to California. This is the third state of this map, first published in 1674. Shirley 462.

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Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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