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Mallet’s Map of Ancient Egypt

SKU: 8077
£80.00
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Title:
Mallet’s Map of Ancient Egypt

Date of publication:

  • c.1683

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 15.5 x 10.5 cm

    • Publisher:

  • Denys Thierry

    • Colour:

  • black and white

    • Mapmaker:

  • Allain Manesson Mallet

    • This map of ancient Egypt is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt the following year.

    Mallet was a military engineer, cartographer and mathematician in the service of the French King, Louis XIV.
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    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 15.5 x 10.5 cm, black and white, trivial stain top left, French text on verso. Read less