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Ελλάδα / Greece

Lot. 8440 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. Lot. 8441 Starting Price: 200 € 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. One of the most “classic” maps of “modern” Greece. It is the same cartographic plate with the map rst issued by Mercator in 1589, with di erent 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.

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Lot. 8442 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 gures holding scienti c instruments. Self adhesive tape reinforcing middle-fold on verso, leaving light brown signs on the front of the map. Otherwise a ne strong impression. Zacharakis 3154. Lot. 8443 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.

Lot. 8444 Starting Price: 60 € De Fer Nicolas, “Grece Moderne ou Partie Meridionale de la Turquie en Europe...”, Paris, 1705. Copper eng. map (35x23cm) of Greece from De Fer’s “L’Atlas curieux”. Greece divided in the broad Ottoman administrative divisions of Beglerbelics. Hand-coloured. Dim. 33.5 x 22.5cm. Zacharakis 1483

Lot. 8446 Starting Price: 200 € Lapie Pierre M., “Carte de la partie Meridionale de la Grece Moderne”, & “Carte de la partie Septentrionale de la Grece Moderne”, Paris, 1827. e complete two sets (North & South) of maps covering Greece. Early lithographic maps, 54x41cm each. Published in 1827, in a critical moment of the Greek Revolution, when the rst discussions for a modern Greek State had started. Folded in linen, some very light spotting. In original publisher’s case entitled “Voyage de la Grece par F. G. – H. – L. Pouqueville / Cartes de la Grece / Paris, Firmin Didot Pere et Fils, 1827”. Lot. 8445 Starting Price: 170 € Barthelemy, J.J, (Abbe), “Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece - ATLAS”, Paris, Etienne Ledoux, 1821. An edition printed at the eve of the Greek Revolution, COMPLETE with all the 39 plans and views included. Barthélemy studied the works of Greek and Roman authors relying also on the well-documented investigations of J. Foucherot and Choiseul-Gou er, made on the spot. In the atlas he includes accurate representations of the most important locations and battle elds, with all the maps designed by the eminent French cartographer and engraver, Ambroise Tardieu. Ex libris label & cachet on title page. Contemporary binding: full leather – spine decorated in gilt. External wear along extremities, joints and covers. Internal light spotting.

Lot. 8447 Starting Price: 45 € DUFOUR A. H., “Grece Moderne/ Dresse par A. H. Dufour / Gravee par Ch. Dyonnet / Paris 1856 Paulin & Le Chevalier”, 1856. Χάρτης της «Νέας Ελλάδος», που παρουσιάζει τα σύνορα της Νεοσύστατης Ελλάδας. Ο επιχρωματισμός έγινε μετά το 1863, καθώς τα Ιόνια νησιά εμφανίζονται ενσωματωμένα στην Ελλάδα. Ένθετος χάρτης της Αθήνας «Plan D’ Athenes» με επισήμανση 13 αρχαίων και 8 σύγχρονων μνημείων. Επιχρωματισμός εποχής. Διαστάσεις 76 x 56 εκ.

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