Mallet’s Plan of Constantinople Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu despite the backing of a

despite the backing of a large consortium of booksellers)

Bishop and antiquary Edmund Gibson completely revised the text and commissioned a new series of maps from Morden

The map was published in Fullarton's ‘Royal Illustrated Atlas’

His work on the British Isles is divided into three parts: a geographical description of the three kingdoms

Mallet’s Plan of Constantinople Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu despite the backing of aThis 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.