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: Thunder and Lightning. Donner und Blitz.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Fig. 62.
Dimensions: Image 5 3/4" x 3 3/4". Sheet 8 1/8" x 6 1/8".
Publisher: Johann Adam Jung.
Edition: Des berühmten Königlichen Geographi Herrn Allain Manesson Mallets Beschreibung Des gantzen 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 margin is rough cut. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Allain Manesson-Mallet. Beschreibung Des gantzen Welt-Kreises, a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." Frankfurt am main, 1719. Vol. 1. p. 164 .
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C. German School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.
There were two French (1683, 1686), and two German (1685, 1719) editions.