Without ‘fol.4’; with shortened title: PLANISPHERE URANO-GEOGRAPHIQUE c'estadire LES SPHERES CELESTE et TERRESTRE mises en plan; and without much text on map; and without parallel ecliptical lines other than ‘Cercle de L’Ecliptique’, through map center. Sphere with text showing parallels both vertical and at 23 deg. tilt. At center, small sphere showing Western Hemisphere and California as a large island. Similar to his known maps of 1695 & 1697. see Shirley 573, 574, 591 & 592. Issued in: Introduction a la geographie in plusieurs cartes avec leur explication. / Par Les Srs Sanson, Geographes ordinaires du Roy. -- A Paris : Dans le cloitre de St. Nicolas du Louvre, MDCCVII [1707], following [page] 5. 1 volume ; [xvi], 139 : 24 maps (hand col.) ; 26 cm.
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