Alain Manesson Mallet. People of Monomotapa. Engraving. 1685.
Alain Manesson Mallet. People of Monomotapa. Engraving. 1685.
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Alain Manesson Mallet. People of Monomotapa. Engraving. 1685.

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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: People of Monomotapa (Kingdom of Mutapa).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Die Volker von Monomotapa. Fig. CI. Ples de Monomotapa. Embossed Peabody Library stamp to the lower margin.
DimensionsImage 6" x 4". Sheet 7 7/8" x 6".
Publisher: Johann David Zunner.
Edition:  Allain Manesson-Mallet, Johann D. Zunner. Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreisses Welcher in sich hält Das Alt und Neu Africa, Worinnen zu sehen Verschiedene Vorstellungen, a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers."

Date: 1685. 

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 blind stamp to the lower margin. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreisses, a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." Frankfurt am Main, 1685. Volume 3. p. 115.
Art Movements, Periods & SchoolsFrench School XVII C. German School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.
There were two French (1683, 1686), and two German (1685, 1719) editions.