Artist: Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), French cartographer and engineer. Published 'Description de L'Univers' (1683). Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved in this book.
Title: The Balm Garden.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Der Balsam Garten. Fig. XXVIII. Jardin du Baume. 69.
Dimensions: Image 6" x 4". Sheet 7 7/8" x 5 3/4".
Publisher: Johann Adam Jung in Frankfurt.
Edition: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt Kreises....", a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers."
Date: 1719.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: left edge is rough cut. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Des Herrn ALLAIN MANESSON MALLETS Beschreibung Des gantzen Welt-Kreises Von dem alten und neuen AFRICA worinnen Dieses Welt-Theiles Königreiche, Insuln und Provintzien...", a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." Frankfurt, 1719. Volume 3. p. 56.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C. German School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.
-In 1683 Mallet produced his encyclopedic description of the world, Description de l’Univers (2nd edition 1686). The success of this work inspired a German edition which appeared in 1684 as Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreises, (2nd edition 1719) (Digital Library for International Research).