Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 T34321 and N55226

T34321 and N55226

owing to the small format of the map

[xx] + 10 aquatint plates with original hand colour

61 x 47 cm

when elements of 2nd Armored completed the encirclement of German forces in the Ardennes at Houffalize

Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 T34321 and N55226Rome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome is from Mallets Description de lUnivers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt the following year. Mallet was a military engineer, cartographer and mathematician in the service of the French King, Louis XIV. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 11 cm, black and white, French text on verso.