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.
Condition & Materials
Copper engraving, 15.5 x 10.5 cm, black and white, trivial stain top left, French text on verso.
