проверено 11/11/2024 NOVAYA ZEMLYA NATIVES RUSSIA 1685 MANESSON MALLET ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED PLATE OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA NATIVES Condition: --not specified Ended: Nov 11, 2023 21:01:35 PST Winning bid: US $9.99 NOVAYA ZEMLYA NATIVES RUSSIA 1685 MANESSON MALLET ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW Description Zemblien. Description: Striking and highly detailed very interesting 1685 Alain Manesson Mallet's copper engraved plate featuring several Natives of Novaya Zemlys, Russia, with their typical dresses and guns. French text on the verso. Date: 1685 ( dated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 13,9 x 20,9 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Sheet contemporary handcolored. Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Small waterstains. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706) was a French cartographer, grammarian, engineer and mathematician, active in the mid to late 17th century. Despite being born in France, as a young man Mallet joined the Portuguese - yes Portuguese - army where he served as a Sergeant-Major. Later he was able to levy his war experience into a career as Inspector of Fortifications for Louis XIV of France. It was in this position, where his work entailed examining and sketching various fortresses, that Mallet developed his cartographic interests. His most important work is his monumental five volume opus Description de L'Univers, published in 1683. This impressive work described the cultures, governments, lands, and customs of all the known peoples of the earth and included numerous maps and engravings. At the time, the Description was the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind ever published. A year later, in 1684, he published his 3 volume Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre. Mallet is also known for his invention of the "dumpy bubble", a telescopic sight incorporating a level bubble used for surveying and astronomical observations.