"De la Sphere", Clouet, Jean Baptiste Louis

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Armillary Sphere
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Geographie Moderne
Color: Hand Color
Size: 12.6 x 21.8

This handsome copper engraving shows an armillary sphere surrounded by diagrams of its various parts. French text panels flank the diagrams at left and right.

References: Rumsey #4757.001.
Condition: B+
On a sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark, light scattered foxing that is largely confined to the margins, and minor offsetting. There is a short edge tear at left that just touches the neatline and a damp stain at bottom center, well away from the image.