Mallet’s Plan of Constantinople Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu Our example of the map

Our example of the map has a number of old ink stamps

on the right of the map

with its adminstrative centre at Tsingtau

contemporary sheep

despite the backing of a large consortium of booksellers)

Mallet’s Plan of Constantinople Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu Our example of the mapThis plan of Constantinople 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. 5 x 11 cm, black and white, French text on verso.