THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVING OF THE 1683 Ed., VERY RARE AND PARTICULAR, HARD TO FIND FOR SALE FOR HIS RARITY, PRECIOUSNESS, PURITY, ORIGINALITY, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR HIS RAPPRESENTATION IN STYLE VERY SPECIAL, WITH AN IMPRESSION VERY VERY MEANINGFUL, AS YOU CAN WELL OBSERVE IN THE PHOTOS.....;
"...GREECE, TURKEY, AEGEAN ISLANDS, SAMOS ISLAND, ANATOLIA ..."
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL AND SO VERY, VERY RARE GEOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE 1683 Edition OF THE FAMOUS WORK/OPERA of "ALLAIN MANESSON MALLET": "DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS", CONTENANT LES DIFFERENTS SYSTEMES DU MONDE, LES CARTES GENERALES & PARTICULIERES DE LA GEOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE & MODERNE: LES PLANS & LES PROFILS DES PRINCIPALES VILLES & DES AUTRES LIEUX PLUS CONSIDERABLES DE LA TERRE; AVEC LES POTRAITS DES SOUVERAINS QUI Y COMMANDENT, LES BLASONS, TITRES & LIVRES; ET LES MAEURS, RELIGIONS, GOVERNEMENS & DIVERS HABILLEMENTS DE CHAQUE NATION......Par Allain Manesson Mallet: Avec Privilege du Roy: PARIS,1683/1685 ;
BEAUTIFUL COPPER ENGRAVING, RICH IN MEANING AND WITH COUNTLESS PLACE (TOPONOMASTIC...) NAME AND GEOGRAPHICAL DETAILS THAT ENRICH EVEN MORE ITS VALUE.
Allain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706) was a French Cartographer and Engineer of the XVII° Century . Allain Manesson Mallet started his career as a Soldier in the Srmy of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. Mallet also served under the King of Portugal, before returning to France, and his appointment to the court of Louis XIV. His military engineering and mathematical background led to his position teaching mathematics at court. His major publications were "Description de L'Univers" (1683) in 5 volumes, and "Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre" (1684) in 3 volumes. His Description de L'Universe contains a wide variety of information, including star maps, maps of the ancient and modern world, and a synopsis of the customs, religion and government of the many nations included in his text.
It has been suggested that his background as a teacher led to his being concerned with entertaining his readers. This concern manifested itself in the charming harbor scenes and rural landscapes that he included beneath his description of astronomical concepts and diagrams. Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved for this book.; Allain Manesson Mallet - (1630–1706 ).
TOTAL SIZES OF THIS MAP / ENGRAVING: Cm: 21,5 X 14,0 -- Inch: 8.6" X 5.6"
THIS GEOGRAPHICAL MAP IS AN ORIGINAL & RARE COPPER ENGRAVING OF THE XVII° CENTURY ; VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL TRACES OF NORMAL AGING, AS FROM PHOTO; BEAUTIFUL, SPECTSCULAR, AMAZING DETAILS, LARGE MARGINS & BEAUTIFUL M. COLORATION; VERY SLIGHT TRACES OCCASIONAL OF MARGINAL SOILING THAT DOES NOT DAMAGE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, AND SMALL TRACES OF RESTORTION IN THIS MAP, AS PER PHOTOS; THE STATUS OF THIS MAP, IN THE END, IS SO VERY, VERY GOOD AS SHOWN IN PARTICULAR AND ABOVE ALL, THE SAME PHOTOS;