RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS
THE CARTOGRAPHER
ALAIN MANESSON-MALLET
1630 - 1706
Alain Manesson-Mallet is best known to map collectors for the large number of maps, plans and views that appear in his 5 volume work Description de l'Univers,,, first published in Paris in 1683 with a tother edition published in Frankfurt in 1685. Previous to this he had been a musket bearer in the regiment of guards to Louis XIV and then he became an engineer and Seargent Major of artillery in Portugal Later retaining to France and serving the King.
There are just three plans from his great work for the British map collector
- London
- Edinburgh
- Dublin
References:
- Map Collectors' Circle No. 22 Town Plans of the British Isles. Angela Fordham
- Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers Revised Edition K - P
More Information to Come
AN ANTIQUE MAP OR PRINT MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT
RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG
Telephone
01244 336004
International
44 1244 336004
email: richard@antiquemps.com
I have been buying and selling antique maps since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.