Description
- Notes:
- Par Allain Manesson Mallet, maistre de mathematiques des pages de la petite escurie de Sa Majesté, cy-devant ingenieur & sergent major d'artillerie en Portugal.
- Each vol. has added engraved t.p., with illustration.
- Colophons, v. 1 and 3, read: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois le premier jour de septembre mil six cent quatre-vingt deux.
- Colophon, v. 4, reads: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premier fois le dernier jour de decembre, mil six cent quatre-vingt-deux.
- Colophon, v. 5, reads: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premier fois le dernier jour de mars, mil six cent quatre-vingt-trois.
- Signatures: v. 1: pi⁸ (-pi1) ẽ² A-O⁸ P⁸ (P2 + chi1) Q-T⁸ V⁴ (V4 verso blank); v. 2: ã⁴ A-T⁸ X⁸; v. 3: ã⁴ 2A-2B⁸ C-R⁸ (R8 verso blank); v. 4: ã⁶ A-Z⁸ chi² (ã1 blank); v. 5: ã6 A-F⁸ *⁸ G-2D⁸ 2E⁴ chi1.
- Vol. 1: [18], 228, [2], 229-302, [10] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 299, [21] p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], 256, [16] p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 4: [12], 328, [44] p.; v. 5: [12], 81, [2], 82-83, [2], 84-85, [2], 86-87, [2], 88-89, [2], 90-91, [2], 92-93, [2], 94-95, [2], 96-400, [42] p.
- Several pages are misnumbered.
- Maps in v. 3, p. 13, v. 4, p. 181, and v. 5, p. 47 have been pasted over what appears to be another impression of the same map.
- Errata: v. 1, p. [7] at end; v. 2, p. [20-21] at end; v. 3, p. [13] at end; v. 4, p. [41-43] at end; v. 5, p. [41-42] at end.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Digital version of maps available on Luna Imaging.
Citation
"Description de l'univers:
contenant les differents systêmes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne : les plans & les profils des principales villes & des autres lieux plus considerables de la terre ; avec les portraits des souverains qui y commandent, leurs blasons, titres & livrées : et les mœurs, religions, gouvernemens & divers habillemens de chaque nation. Dediee au roy
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(1683).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:731509/
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