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1683 Mallet Engraving - Saturne

Allain Mallet whose professional occupation was a military engineer, is known more for his authorship of the five volume "Description de l'Univers', one of the earliest printed miniature, illustrated world history/geography books. It contains numerous decorative maps, views, portraits etc. which are the best source of reasonably priced material for the collector of early illustrated material.

This engraving comes from the first French edition of 'Description de l'Univers'. It shows the planet Mars, the 'red' planet and is set in a starry sky over a rural landscape. With Mars being the God of War, Mallet has set an army encampment on the landscape below.

The engraving measures 5.5" by 4", has fine wash hand colouring, and is in very good condition. We have included an image of the title page for reference (not for sale).

The engraving is guaranteed to be over 325 years old.

Shipping

United States - Regular airmail $5.00US. Registered/insured airmail (optional) is an additional US$15.00 for a total of US$20.00.

Canada - $3.00US for regular mail, $9.00US for registered mail. Canadian customers please add GST or HST where applicable.

Rest of the world - Regular air mail $8.00US. Registered/insured airmail (optional) is is an additional US$15.00 for a total of US$23.00.

Terms and Conditions

Please note - We can only take responsibility for delivery if the optional registration/insurance is added. Regular airmail is usually very safe and reliable, but items sent by regular airmail are at the buyers risk - regular airmail provides no tracking number, no proof of shipping or delivery, and no insurance in case of loss or damage.

Please note - Mailing from Canada to the United States and all other international destinations can sometimes take over three weeks for delivery.

We will combine shipment of multiple purchases - several items can be shipped together for one shipping cost.

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