World Maps by Allain Manesson Mallet c1684
Maps by Marco Polo, Giacomo Gastaldi and Miguel Lopez.
Method: Copper plate engraved
Creator: Alain Manesson Mallet
Published: First published 1683
Condition: Excellent condition, fine engraving on hand laid paper.
Approx engraved area: 4" x 5 5/8" (102mm x 143mm)
Sheet Size approx: 7 5/8" x 6"
Notes: This 330 year old engraving is from Volume 1 of the French text edition published by Johann David Zunner 1684.
The plates engraved for Zunner are close copies of the originals and still have French titles and names.
A few are signed by there engravers: J.P. Aubrey, Johann J. Vogel and W.C. Daucher.
Alain Manesson Mallet was a French cartographer and engineer. He started his career as a soldier in the
army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. He also served under
the King of Portugal, before returning to France, and his appointment to the court of Louis XIV.