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DE L'AMERIQUE / FIGURE CXXVI, plate from "Description de L'Univers, Suite de L'Europe Ancienne et Moderne, des Terres Australes et de L'Amerique" (D. Thierry, Paris: 1683).
Alain Manesson Mallet, D. Thierry
1683-1683
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Alain Manesson Mallet (Cartographer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1978.0039.003
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1978.0039.003
Object Name
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Title
DE L'AMERIQUE / FIGURE CXXVI, plate from "Description de L'Univers, Suite de L'Europe Ancienne et Moderne, des Terres Australes et de L'Amerique" (D. Thierry, Paris: 1683).
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Alain Manesson Mallet (Cartographer); D. Thierry (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Date
1683-1683
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
- Book illustration
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
- Engraved
- Line engraved
- Letterpress
Dimensions (inches)
8.2 (H) x 5.6 (W) x 6.9 (Image H) x 4.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.9 (H) x 14.2 (W) x 17.5 (Image H) x 11 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 6.3 in. (15.9 cm). Plate W: 4.6 in. (11.8 cm).
Publisher Summary
D. Thierry
Publisher Date
01/01/1683
Place of Publication
Paris, France
Publisher Name
D. Thierry
Edition Watermark
None
Edition Notes
From Alain Manesson Mallet's "Description de L'Univers, Suite de L'Europe Ancienne et Moderne, des Terres Australes et de L'Amerique," Volume 5 Figure 126, pp. 291-292. This text is part of a five volume series with the title: "Description de l'univers; contenant les differents systemes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne : les plans & les profils des principales villes & des autres lieux plus considerables de la terre: avec les portrait"