Sold for:
$550
$550
Planesphere Celeste Septentrional Map by Monsr. De La Hire , Paris, depicting the constellations as mythological beasts and figures on a pale blue background, printed in the lower object left corner A Paris, Chez DESNOS Geographe et Ingenieur pour les Globes et spheres, rue St. Jacques, au Globe 1770 , ht. 20 1/2, lg. 24 1/4 in. Not examined out of frame; mended tear on lower center border, possibly folded in half at one time, later frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23