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: Du Palais du Roy de la Chine. Palace of Beijing.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Palais de Peking. Figure XV. DE L'ASIE. [p] 35 (twice).
Dimensions: Image 5 5/8" x 4 1/8". Sheet 8 1/8" x 5 1/4".
Publisher: Denys Thierry.
Edition: Allain Manesson Mallet. Description de l'univers contenant les différents systèmes du monde, les cartes... de la géographie ancienne et moderne, les plans et les profils des principales villes... et les moeurs, religions, gouvernemens et divers habillemens de chaque nation... Paris.
Date: 1683.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper; printed text verso as issued.
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 margin is rough cut. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Vol. 2. p. 35.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.
There were two French (1683, 1686), and two German (1685, 1719) editions.