Ottoman Empire Balkans Hungary Moldavia Transylvania 1685 Mallet decorative map

Turquie Septentrionale en Europe.

(Old Maps, 17th Century Maps, Mallet Maps, Europe, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Hungary, Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania).

Issued 1685, Paris, for A.M. Mallet. 

Charming 17th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color.

A dramatic pictorial title vignette sits across the top with two seated male nude warriors draped in cloth beneath swags, sitting before shields, banners and pikes.

The image has a near folk-art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this reason.

Mostly clean and well preserved example, the image displays a pleasing age patina.

Sheet measures c. 7 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W.

Printed area measures c. 5 1/2" H x 4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 3, pp. 196.

[B12906].