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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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0049: CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL). City plan. Galata Pera Golden Horn. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $150-$200Lot Passed
0050: AEGEAN. Greece & Greek Islands Sporades Cyclades Saronic Ionian. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0051: NORTH AEGEAN. Lemnos Samothraci Imbros/Gokceada Dardanelles. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
0052: NORTH AEGEAN Tasso (Thasos). Macedonia Thrace coast. Montesanto. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0053: GREECE Schiro Skyros Negropont Euboea Thessaly Sporades Aegean. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $40-$50Lot Passed
0054: SARDINIA. Sardegna. Decorative. 'Sardaigne'. Corsica on horizon. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $250-$300Lot Passed
0055: ANCIENT IBERIA. Roman provinces. Hispania Lusitania Spain Portugal 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0056: ROMAN IBERIA 'Ancienne Espagne' Towns Hispania Lusitania Spain. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $60-$70Lot Passed
0057: IBERIA. Spain & Portugal showing regions. 'Espagne Moderne'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
0058: IBERIA. 'Espagne Moderne'. Spain & Portugal. Regions & towns. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0059: CADIZ. Map of the town & port of Cádiz, Andalusia. Spain. MALLET 1683 oldEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
0060: PORTUGAL showing provinces towns rivers. Lisbon Porto Algarve. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
0061: ANCIENT BRITAIN. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. 'Heptarchie des Saxons'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
0062: BRITISH ISLES. 'Isles Britanniques. Decorative. MALLET 1683 old antique mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0063: SCOTLAND. Showing rivers. Decorative. 'Escosse'. MALLET 1683 old antique mapEst. $110-$150Lot Passed
0064: KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND pre 1707 Act of Union. 'Royaume d'Ecosse'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
0065: ENGLAND counties towns rivers. 'Royaume d'Angleterre'. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0066: WALES. Showing counties. Decorative. 'Principaute de Galles'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0067: ISLE OF MAN & ANGLESEY. Irish sea. 'Is de Man et d'Anglesey'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $80-$100Lot Passed
0068: KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Showing counties/towns. 'Royaume d'Irlande'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $100-$120Lot Passed
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0069: DUBLIN. Decorative town plan/bird's eye view. Ireland. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $100-$120
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0070: NORTHERN/CENTRAL EUROPE Scandinavia Tribes 'Ancienne Germanie'. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
0071: SCANDINAVIA. Tribes. Partie Septentrionale de ancienne Germanie. MALLET 1683 mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
0072: GERMANY. Showing German states. 'Allemagne en General'. MALLET 1683 old mapEst. $50-$60Lot Passed
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