Poland - Lithuania; Mallet etc - Pologne - 1681-1700





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Three copper engraving maps of Poland, titled Pologne, published by Mallet etc, with Lithuania as the geographical specification and contemporary hand colour, dating to the 1681–1700 period, each about 12 × 15 to 14 × 18 cm in size and offered in good condition.
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A charming set of three small maps of Poland dating from 1686 to 1760
Image sizes from 12 x 15 to 14 x 18 cm.
1. Copperplate engraved map of Poland by the French cartographer and engineer Alain Manesson-Mallet (1630–1706). It is taken from his extensive five-volume work *Description de l’Univers*, circa 1686.
Condition: very good condition, with small remnants of the former mounting verso
2. A rare copperplate map titled “Conventus Fr. Fr. Ord. Erem. S. Augustini per Provinciam Poloniae, et Lithuaniae”. This is a map is depicting the monasteries and the structure of the Augustinian Hermits (O.E.S.A.) in the Polish and Lithuanian provinces. From the book “RMO P.M. Fulgentio Bellelli Buccinensi Priori...”, Monacium 1731
Condition: the sheet is slightly browned, with old folds as published, otherwise good
3. Copperplate map engraved by Faure (signed “Faure Sculpsit” in the cartouche at the bottom left). It was produced for the works of the French Jesuit and geographer Claude Buffier (in particular for his well-known *Géographie Universelle*), ca. 1760
Condition: good, with small remnants of the former mounting verso
A charming set of three small maps of Poland dating from 1686 to 1760
Image sizes from 12 x 15 to 14 x 18 cm.
1. Copperplate engraved map of Poland by the French cartographer and engineer Alain Manesson-Mallet (1630–1706). It is taken from his extensive five-volume work *Description de l’Univers*, circa 1686.
Condition: very good condition, with small remnants of the former mounting verso
2. A rare copperplate map titled “Conventus Fr. Fr. Ord. Erem. S. Augustini per Provinciam Poloniae, et Lithuaniae”. This is a map is depicting the monasteries and the structure of the Augustinian Hermits (O.E.S.A.) in the Polish and Lithuanian provinces. From the book “RMO P.M. Fulgentio Bellelli Buccinensi Priori...”, Monacium 1731
Condition: the sheet is slightly browned, with old folds as published, otherwise good
3. Copperplate map engraved by Faure (signed “Faure Sculpsit” in the cartouche at the bottom left). It was produced for the works of the French Jesuit and geographer Claude Buffier (in particular for his well-known *Géographie Universelle*), ca. 1760
Condition: good, with small remnants of the former mounting verso

