Copperplate engraving, mm 510x596. Excellent impression, highly contrasted. Rare map from the Atlas minor of 1697, depicting Istria in a large frame at the bottom right. The founder of this family of map-makers, publishers and print-sellers was Huych (Hugo) Allard (1625-1691). He worked in Amsterdam in 1684 and is supposed to have begun his business as early as 1645. He died in 1691, leaving his shop to his son, Carel Allard (1648-c. 1706). Carel brought out many maps and some atlases. His atlases are mainly composed of maps from the stock of other publishers like Janssonius and De Wit. However, some maps were his original creations. The original geographical maps by Allard, designed and cut between 1680 and 1700, are very decorative, well-composed and up-to-date. Bibliography: Dominium Venetum un compendio di mondo. La raccolta cartografica di Sandro Boscaini per la Fondazione Masi, n. 17, pag. 143