Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 70

Unsold
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
MALLET, ALLAIN. Isles du Japon * Terre de Iesso. Together, 2 engraved maps from Description de l'Univers, each approximately 140x100 mm, wide margins, French text on verso; hand-colored; matted. Paris, 1683

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Mallet borrows from so many sources for the mapping of Isles that Walter designates the map as the single example for the Mallet model. The Terre de Iesso is the first Western mapping devoted exclusively to Hokkaidô. Isles: Walter 63; Campbell 30. Iesso: Walter 112.