| Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
1288 | | Details | Chiquet, Jacques | 1719 |
Old antique map of The Greek Archipelago |
Chiquet, Jacques |
1719 |
LOC:2 |
| $210.00 | Chiquet--Jacques | Old-antique-map-of-The-Greek-Archipelago | Decorative map of Greece and Turkey displaying the wide extent of the Aegean Archipelago. Fine engraving and a title cartouche flanked by two winged female figures, topped by a fan shaped shell. Dated within at 1719. This attractive antique map, now nearly 300 years old, is characterized by its strong impression, evident platemark, and restrained hand coloring.
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Named features include: Negroponte, Athens, the Peloponnese, Zante, Corfu, Macedonia, Constantinople,
Naxos, Santorini, Crete, and Rhodes.
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From "Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique..." by Jacques Chiquet. |