2 Alain Manesson Mallet - Set of 2 Hand-coloured maps - Map of Germany - Map of Poland

1. Wonderfully detailed miniature map of the Holy Roman Empire, including a very large Poland. 

2. Wonderfully detailed miniature map of Germany with the Netherlands.

Hand-coloured maps, published in Paris, 1683 by Alain Manesson Mallet.

Alain Mannesson Mallet (1630-1706) was a French mapmaker and engineer who served in the armies of Louis XIV. After rising through the ranks, Mallet was appointed as Inspector of Fortifications, a job which also required mathematical skills and which made him a competent military engineer. Eventually, he joined the court of Louis XIV at Versailles, where he taught math and focused on writing.