17th century plate illustrating the Solar Year

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

De la Sphere XXIV.
Paris, 1683. Coloured. 145 x 95mm, set in letterpress.

A miniature illustration of the Sun surrounded by a disk with the signs of the Zodiac, representing the Solar Year. It is on a banner above a rustic scene with a church and cows being watered in a river.
From Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.


Stock ID : 23835