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
A 1685 French geographical encyclopedia, the Description de l'univers, compiled by Allain Manesson-Mallet and published in Frankfurt am Main by Jean David Zunner, with engravings of world systems, general and regional maps, and city plans for a learned readership. The pictures are small copperplate maps and a bird's-eye engraving of Besançon with fortifications, river, and marching figures, drawn in fine black line with dense lettering, offering a designer models for early map layouts, cartouches, and panoramic town views.
