Title / Subject: 'Empire des Abissins comme il est presentement ...'

Date: c.1719

Size: 111mm x 144mm (printed area only), margins beyond, blank verso.

Description: An original antique, copper-plate engraved map of the Ethiopian Empire (Empire of the Abyssinians). It is printed on hand-laid paper and uncoloured as published.

Cartographer / Engraver: Alain Manesson Mallet

Provenance: German edition of Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers', published in Frankfurt, c.1719

Condition: Very good condition. Light age toning. Slightly uneven right edge of the sheet where it was originally bound into the source publication. Uncoloured as published. Please study the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #04390