Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map World All are visually attractive

All are visually attractive

10 7/8" H x 8 3/8" W

Plain paper covered boards as issued

untitled- theme is: Parking lot of Supermarket- Family station wagon arriving with mother and child

Sheet and printed image remains well preserved with a nice age patina

Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map World All are visually attractiveLes Isles de L'Archipel Qui Sont vers L'Asie. (Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, Archipel, Rhodes, Crete, Aegean Sea, Aegean Islands). Issued 1683, Paris, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 17th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Decorative cartouche at top right features seated nude figures with banners. 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