India Hindu Brahmin priest old print Allain Mallet 1719
Title: Bramins.
Antique print of Bramins, the highest caste in Hinduism specializing as priests, teachers. Copperplate engraved with hand coloring. Members of the Brahmin varna are generally expected to belong to the priestly class. Traditionally Brahmins were fire-priests who adhered to different branches (shakhas) of Vedas.
Cartographer: Allain Manesson Mallet. Mallet was an important French geographer and military engineer who was working in 17th century France under King Louis XIV.
Origin: Description de L'Univers (1683) in 5 volumes, and Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre (1684) in 3 volumes.
16th -17th -18th-19th Century maps & atlases & prints. We sell guaranteed Absolutely Original authentic Maps and Prints.
Sheet app.: 17 x 21 cm. 6.5 x 8.25 inches. Image app.: 10 x 15 cm. 3.75 x 5.75 inches. Condition: Very good.