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Maps by Allain Manesson Mallet
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706) was a 17th century French cartographer and military engineer. He started his career as a musketeer in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. He later served under Alfonso VI, King of Portugal, during the Portuguese Restoration War before returning to France at the conclusion of that conflict in 1668, where his military engineering and mathematical background led to an appointment teaching mathematics at la Petite Écurie. He is best known for his extensive work Description de L'Univers (1683) in 5 volumes, a copious publication which contains maps of all parts of the then-known world (both ancient and modern), star maps, prints of the costumes, customs, cities and religions of many nations, and astronomical prints. Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved for this book. First published in 1683 in Paris with French text, a second, German, edition was published in Frankfurt in 1684, with the addition of German titles to the plates outside the printed border. The philosopher Pierre Bayle considered the work "a curious rabble of a thousand things on Geography and History?. Mallet also published Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre (1684) in 3 volumes and La Géométrie pratique (1702). Alexandre Dumas honoured him with a mention in the Vicomte de Bragelonne .
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0001: ARCTIC OCEAN. Spitsbergen Novaya Zemlya Svalbard. Scandinavia. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $70-$80Lot Passed
0002: ISLES PHILIPPINES. Manila Luzon Mindanao Negros Panay Cebu. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $700-$800Lot Passed
0003: ANCIENT INDOCHINA. 'Inde Ancienne a l'Orient du Gange' Thailand. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0004: ARABIA. Bahrain UAE Mecca Medina Oman Qatar 'Arabie'. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $250-$300Lot Passed
0005: MIDDLE EAST/CAUCASUS Kurdistan Diyarbakir Yerack (Iraq) Armenia. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0006: BAGHDAD. 'Bagdet'. Walled city & fortifications plan. Iraq. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $70-$80Lot Passed
0007: LIBYA. Plan & view of the town & port of Tripoli. Barbary. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0008: DODECANESE. Scarpanto (Karpathos) Cassio (Kasos). Greece Aegean. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0009: DODECANESE. Nicaria (Ikaria) et Palmosa/Patmos. Greek islands. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0010: ANCIENT AFRICA. 'Afrique Ancienne'. Ethiopie. Iles Fortunées. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0011: MACARONESIA. Canarias Canary Madeira & Cape/Cabo Verde islands. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0012: ABYSSINIA. East Africa. 'Abissinie' Tanzania Kenya Ethiopia. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0013: CORSICA. 'Isle de Corse'. Elba. Decorative. France. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $200-$250Lot Passed
0014: SWEDISH EMPIRE. Sweden Finland Livonia Bothnia Baltic. 'Suede'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0015: SWEDISH EMPIRE. Sweden Finland Livonia Ingria Baltic. 'Suede'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0016: ANCIENT ITALY. Decorative. 'Ancienne Italie'. MALLET 1683 old antique mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0017: CYCLADES. Mykonos Naxos Donousa Ktapodia Ikaria. Greek Islands. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
0018: CYCLADES Sira (Syros/Siros) Paros Antiparos Greek islands Aegean MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0019: SCANDINAVIA. Norway Sweden Denmark Finland. 'Royaumes du Nord'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0020: ARABIA. Bahrain UAE Mecca Medina Oman Muscat 'Arabie Moderne'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $250-$300Lot Passed
0021: BAGHDAD 'Bagdet' Walled city & fortifications plan Iraq MALLET Trimmed 1683 mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
0022: NORWAY. Oslo Bergen Stavanger Trondheim. Scandinavia. 'Norwege'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $90-$110Lot Passed
0023: DENMARK Regions towns. Copenhagen Aarhus Odense. 'Danemarc'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0024: CANDIA/CRETE & CYCLADES. Milos Sifnos Astypalaia. Aegean. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
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