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An attractive miniature titlepage for Du Val's popular world atlas. The central panel is enclosed within a decorative surround with ourline maps of the four continents in each corner. The decorative surround includes a shining sun - reference to Louis XIV, the reigning monarch, known as le Roi Soleil. Manuscript addition of the name of a previous owner in 1717 in the
lower right corner.
region: Title Pages
mapmaker:
P.Du Val
place and date of publication:
Paris 1676
medium and colour:
Copperplate, Uncoloured
ref:
34046
size in mm: 100 x 125 Price: £ 160 |
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