Anciennes Isles Britannique – c1719

“Anciennes Isles Britannique” …c1719…  Alain Manesson Mallet (1630 – 1706) … 6” x 4” (14.5 cms x 10 cms) … uncoloured. Copper engraving from the German edition of his five volume “Description de L’Univers” published in Frankfurt c1719. The first edition was published in 1685 as the largest and most comprehensive work ever undertaken describing the cultures, governments, customs and boundaries of all the known peoples of the world. This map has been mounted to museum standards.  Ref. Map 1180