| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 1100 |  | Details | Le Roy, David | 1770 |
| Antique Chart of Piraeus and Phalere, Greece |
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Le Roy, David |
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| 1770 |
| LOC:8 |
| $275.00 | Le-Roy--David | Antique-Chart-of-Piraeus-and-Phalere--Greece | Attractive copper-engraved map of the environs of Piraeus, Greece by David le Roy (1724-1803). Coverage includes Munichia (today Mikrolimano) and Faliro. At the port of Pireaus le Roy identifies an anchorage, ruins of a market, several tombs, the "Maison du Consul", and a few depth soundings. Other key points on the map are the Church of Saint Nicolas and Cap Colias.
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Le Roy was French architect and archaeologist, who published a well-researched description of the Acropolis of Athens and other Greek archaeological sites in his 1758 work: " Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce" (<i>Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece</i>). Second edition. |