ISLES DE CAYENNE BY ALAIN MALLET 1683 (BUT LATER).

ISLE DE CAYENNE

Decorative copper line engraving showing the islands of Cayenne off the coast of South America, produced to accompany Alain Mallet's "Description de L'Univers", first  published in Paris in 1683. The present example is from a slightly later German edition, published in Frankfurt circa 1720.

Measures 145 x 100mm. Good condition, see photo.

Hand coloured.