Alain Manesson Mallet
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706) was a French cartographer and engineer. He started his career as a soldier in the army of Louis XIV, became a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and an Inspector of Fortifications. He also served under the King of Portugal, before returning to France, and his appointment to the court of Louis XIV. His military engineering and mathematical background led to his position teaching mathematics at court. • Illustration — Portrait of Mallet His major publications were Description de L'Univers (1683) in 5 volumes, and Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre (1684) in 3 volumes His Description de L'Universe contains a wide variety of information, including star maps, maps of the ancient and modern world, and a synopsis of the customs, religion and government of the many nations included in his text.
Alain Manesson Mallet
!["Allain Manesson Mallet, parisi[en], ingéni[eur] des camps et armées du roy du Portugal". (Détail)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Manesson_Mallet%2C_Allain_%28cropped%29.jpg/457px-Manesson_Mallet%2C_Allain_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Pierre Landry · Allain Manesson Mallet, Description de l'Univers, contenant les différents systèmes du monde, t. I, Paris, Denis Thierry, 1683. · Public domain
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- 1630.
- Died
- 1706.
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- France.
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- cartographer, military engineer, musketeer, geographer, illustrator, publisher and engineer.
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It has been suggested that his background as a teacher led to his being concerned with entertaining his readers. This concern manifested itself in the charming harbour scenes and rural landscapes that he included beneath his description of astronomical concepts and diagrams. Mallet himself drew most of the figures that were engraved for this book.
• Illustration — Map from Description de L'Univers. • Illustration — Page from Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre showing St. George Cathedral in Venice. • Illustration — Page from Les Travaux de Mars ou l'Art de la Guerre showing the fortified town of Alburquerque. • Illustration — View of Medina. • Illustration — Afrique Ancienne, 1719 • Illustration — Map of Persia. • Illustration — View of Persians. • Illustration — View of Anatolians. • Illustration — View of Egyptians. Treatises on line: http: architectura.cesr.univ-tours.fr/Traite/Auteur/Manesson_Mallet.asp?param=en
Identificatie Titel(s): Illustratie voor 'Den Arbeid van Mars' van Allain Manesson Mallet
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- 1.Il est probable qu'à son véritable patronyme, Manesson (attesté à Paris sous l'Ancien régime), il ait ajouté le nom de Mallet en hommage à son maître.
- 2.Charles Brainne, Les Hommes illustres du département de l'Oise, vol. 2, Paris/Beauvais, Aubry/Tremblay, 1864, .
- 3.Au Portugal, le grade de sargento-mor était inférieur à celui de lieutenant-colonel et supérieur à celui de capitaine.
- 4.Édouard de La Barre-Duparcq, « Note du traducteur », Heinrich Adolf von Zastrow, Histoire de la fortification permanente, , , Paris, 1856, .
- 5.Pierre Bayle, « Catalogue de livres nouveaux accompagnés de quelques remarques - II », Nouvelles de la République des Lettres, janvier 1685, .
- 6.Alfred Bonnardot, Histoire artistique et archéologique de la gravure en France, Paris, 1849, , n. 1.
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