Description de l'univers : contenant les differents systemes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne, les plans & les profils des principales villes & des autres lieux plus considerables de la Terre : avec les portraits des souverains qui y commandent, leurs blasons, titres & livrées : et les moeurs, religions, gouvernemens & divers habillemens de chaque nation
Description de l'univers is a 1685 French geography and cosmography published in Frankfurt am Main by Jean David Zunner, compiled by Allain Manesson-Mallet with engravings by Johann Vogel and others for readers wanting a general survey of the world. The pictures are small black-and-white copperplate views of walled cities, a bird's-eye island map with ships and sea monsters, and a regional map with decorative cartouches and coastal outlines, showing how early modern engravers combined topography with ornament for a designer studying historical map and city-view conventions.
