Dec 12, 2002 - Sale 1955

Sale 1955 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CARTOGRAFILLE DU VAL, Mademoiselle. Planisphere ou Carte Generale du Monde. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric map, 435x590 mm, wide margins; hand-colored in outline; scattered removable soiling, very slight darkening along the fold. Paris, 1688

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Published by Pierre du Val's daughter after she assumed control of the publishing firm upon her father's death. The map had undergone numerous name changes during its evolution at the Du Val firm, while the mapping remained basically the same. California appears as an island on this attractive representation of the world. Shirley 405.