1719 Celestial chart, Planet Mercury, Mallet, hand coloured, astronomy, map

Manesson Mallet

Issued in the series "Beschreibung des ganzen Welt Kreises....", a German translation of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers" 

Publisher: Johann Adam Jung in Frankfurt.

Sheet:  20 x 16.5 cm.

Light staining to margins. Hand colour.

The foreground shows a fantastic scene that represents the characteristics of the Roman god after which the planet was named. As one of the original Dii Consentes (Greek Olympians), Mercury was the deity responsible for commerce, travel, luck, and thievery. Three figures in front, one of which appears to be bearing a dagger, are also reflective of the theme.