Villa Nova fortifications Allain Manesson Mallet1683.
Title: Plan des Forts et Lignes de Communiquassions de Villanova.
Antique map of the fortifications of Forts et Lignes de Communiquassions de Villanova, Portugal. Near the border with Spain/Portugal on the Rio Minho river. Copperplate engraved with hand coloring.
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.
Size: leaf app. : 13.5 x 21 cm. 5.25 X 8.25 inches. Condition: Very good copperplate engraving. Verso French text.
