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[Title-page] Description de l’Univers Tome I This is the title-page for the first volume of Mallet’s Description de l’Univers printed by Denis Thie...

This map of the continent of Africa is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in F...

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

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 t...

This map of Ancient Jerusalem is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfu...

This map of Cairo is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. It derives, ultimately, from Matteo Pagano’s magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published ...

This view of Constantinople isfrom Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt ...

Rome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text ...

This plan of Constantinople is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt...