Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 Sheet C1 from Horwood’s ‘Plan

Sheet C1 from Horwood’s ‘Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster…’

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Mallet’s Plan of Ancient Rome Date of Publication_1751 Sheet C1 from Horwood’s ‘PlanRome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome 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 x 11 cm, black and white, French text on verso.