Title of the map:
"POLOGNE"
Antique copper engraved map of Poland, by Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), a French engineer at the court of Louis XIV.
The map depicts Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, Volhynie, Podolie, Ukraine (historical regions of Eastern Europe), Samogitie (historical region of Lithuania). Several major rivers are traced, including the Dniester (Dniester) and Dnieper (Dnepr).
Size with margins : 13,5 x 21 cm / 5,5 x 8,2 inches
Condition : very good condition, in colors
Edition : Description de l'Univers, Paris, 1683, 17th Century
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), French military engineer active during the second half of the 17th century, is one of Vauban’s favorite engineers. At the same time, mathematician, geographer, cartographer, architect, 'fortificator' and soldier, he is also a prolific author who has extensively published in the fields of cartography and military architecture. Mallet is best known for his Description de L’Univers, first published in 1683, in five volumes.
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