Mallet’s Map of Cairo passenger maps contemporary speckled calf

contemporary speckled calf

conjugate wormhole at centrefold

and a section on touring British cathedrals

eyes swiveling in both directions while contemplating which way to jump

“a fragment of that older and more beautiful world”

Mallet’s Map of Cairo passenger maps contemporary speckled calfThis map of Cairo is from Mallets Description de lUnivers. It derives, ultimately, from Matteo Paganos magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published in Venice in 1549. First published in Paris in 1683, it was 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 10. 5 cm, black and white, French