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 Tartar King of China.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Der Tartarische König von China. Fig. XIX.
Dimensions: Image 6" x 4". Sheet 7 7/8" x 5 7/8".
Publisher: Johann Adam Jung.
Edition: Beschreibung Des gantzen Welt-Kreises Worinne das alte und neue ASIA, wie selbiges In seine Käyserthümer, Königreiche, Provintzien, Staaten und Insuln eingerichtet worden; nebst denen dazu gehörigen Land-Charten aus der alten und neuen Geographie, denen Grund- und Abrissen der vornehmsten Städte und anderer ansehnlichen Oerter diese herrlichen Welt-Theiles, 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: on the left margin there are both stains and holes from the binding threads. A wrinkle to the right margin. 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-Kreisses Beschreibung Des gantzen Welt-Kreises Worinne das alte und neue ASIA, wie selbiges In seine Käyserthümer, Königreiche, Provintzien, Staaten und Insuln eingerichtet worden... In vielen Orten mit neuen Anmerckungen vermehret. Anderer Theil. Volume 2. Frankfurt, 1719. p.82.
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).