Description

hand-coloured copper engraving.

Map from the original French text edition of “Description d’Univers…” – Fig. 13, pl. 31; A charming small map of China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, and Kyushu (Japan). Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706) was a well travelled military engineer and geographer who worked in 17th century France under King Louis XIV. Mallet’s work covered all continents in several volumes.