Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 [xx] + 10 aquatint plates

[xx] + 10 aquatint plates with original hand colour

owing to the small format of the map

when elements of 2nd Armored completed the encirclement of German forces in the Ardennes at Houffalize

61 x 47 cm

Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 [xx] + 10 aquatint platesRome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome is from Mallets Description de lUnivers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt the following year. Mallet was a military engineer, cartographer and mathematician in the service of the French King, Louis XIV. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 11 cm, black and white, French text on verso.