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P-149b

"Saturnus"

Mallet, Alain, Vogel

Landscape with a water powered mill; Saturn is pictured in sky. From Mallet's "Description de l'Univers," German edition.

Alain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706) was a French mathematician and military engineer who served in the court of Louis XIV. Mallet was a travelled man who nurtured a special interest in surveying and geography. In 1683 he published an encyclopedic work in 5 volumes entitled Description de l'Univers.\n \n The first volume contains several astronomical illustrations, including this gracious rendition of Saturn as seen through a telescope, but placed (in clear disproportion) against a bucolic backdrop. Mallet used these visual arrangements in order to captivate the reader's attention.

Engraving, Handcolored

Germany

	Imperial(in)		Metric(cm)
Height			14.6
Width			10.4
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	Imperial(in)		Metric(cm)
Height			20.4
Width			15
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