ΕΛΛΑΔΑ / GREECE
Ελλάδα / Greece
Lot. 8440
Starting Price: 200 €
Lot. 8441
Starting Price: 200 €
MUNSTER Sebastian, “Nova Graecia secundum omnes eius regions & provincias citra & ultra Hellespondum”. Very Early woodcut map of Greece, 34x26cm, from Munster’s “Cosmographia” 1544-1572. One small marginal spot covered on verso & two marginal spots. Zacharakis 2438.
MERCATOR Gerardus, “Nova Totius Graeciae description”, 1638-1680. Beautifully copper plate map (48x32cm) of Greece and the Aegean with the waved impression on sea areas. Text in German on reverse.
Lot. 8442
Lot. 8443
Starting Price: 200 €
SANSON, “Graeciae Antiquae tabula geographica… MDCXCIV / F. Bertin sculp.”, printed only once in “Tabulae geographicae” ed. Seminario Vescovile, 1699, bearing the date 1694 on title. Impressive and rare map of Greece and the Grecian Archipelagos (54x42cm with full margins) presenting ancient toponyms. Decorative title cartouche framed with two mythical figures holding scientific instruments. Self adhesive tape reinforcing middle-fold on verso, leaving light brown signs on the front of the map. Otherwise a fine strong impression. Zacharakis 3154.
One of the most “classic” maps of “modern” Greece. It is the same cartographic plate with the map first issued by Mercator in 1589, with different title cartouche. Decorative cartouche, sailing ship and elaborate engraving style. Wide margins. Small tears along middle-fold, light spotting and soiling, worm-holes on lower part of margin. Zacharakis 2213, Zacharakis “One Hundred Landmarks..” 30A.
Starting Price: 280 €
Jaillot A. H., Sanson N., “Estats de l’Empire des Turqs en Europe, subdivisés suivant lestendüe des Beglerbeglicz, ou Gouvernements dans lesquels sont marquées les résidences des Sangiacz qui en dépendent. ou sont encor la Transilvanie, la Valaquie, la Moldavie, la Petite Tartarie... / Cordier scupsit.”, 1700. Map dim. 66x47.5cm. Outline original hand-colouring. Large copper engr. map of the Ottoman Empire in Europe centered on Greece based on Sanson’s maps. Elaborate rococo cartouche, bearing the crown, the heraldic lilies of the Bourbons. Very light signs of a uniform horizontal crease, marginal printer’s creasing, light wear only along marginal edges. Zacharakis 3132, Zacharakis “One hundred landmarks...” No.061.
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