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933

MUNSTER, Sebastian. New Greichenland mit andern anstossenden ländern wie es zu unsern zeicen beschriben ist. Basle, c.1560, 270 x 345mm. Munster's modern map of Greece, the Ægean and western Turkey ZACHARAKIS: 1580.

£320

934

[In Fine Contemporary Colour.] ORTELIUS, Abraham. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio. Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. Original colour. 365 x 510mm. Greece and the Aegean, after Gastaldi. A very fine example. VAN DEN BROECKE: 146.

£650

935

SPEED, John. Greece. London, William Humble, 1646. Coloured. 395 x 505mm. Centrefold reinforced. Classical Greece, from Speed's 'Prospect of the... World', with an English text description on verso. ZACHARAKIS: 2243.

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936

BLAEU, Johannes. Græcia. Amsterdam, c.1640, Latin text edition. Original colour. 415 x 525mm. Lower centerfold repaired. A good example of this fine map of Greece and the Aegean. ZACHARAKIS: 247.

£380

937

[Peloponnese] HOMANN, Johann Baptist. Peloponesus hodie Moreae Regnum in omnes suas provincias veteres et hodiernas accurate divisum. Nuremberg, c. 1720, original colour, 500 x 590mm. A large and very attractive map of the Peloponnese, showing the various regions and surrounding islands all highlighted in colour. With a decorative cartouche at the bottom left corner surmounted by a  lion brandishing a sword, a cathedral at his back, defeating four Turks who flee in confusion .

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938

[Aegean Islands, Sardinia & Corsica] JANSSON, Jan. Insular Aliquot Aegaei Maris Antiqua Descrip...; Insularum Sardiniæ et Corsicæ Antiqua descriptio. Amsterdam, c.1700, blank verso. Coloured. 435 x 495mm. A map of Sardinia & Corsica and nine maps of Aegean Islands in Classical times, including Chios Rhodes, Lemnos and Lesbos. Published for the Jansson/Hornius 'Atlas of the Ancient World'. ZACHARAKIS: 1124, illus.

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939

[Empire of the Turks in Europe] JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert. Estats de L'Empire des Turqs en Europe... Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, c.1705. Original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 575 x 880mm. Grease stain in sea area. A large and decorative map showing from Sardinia and Corsica to the western coasts of Turkey. Published in Mortier's issue of Jaillot's 'Atlas Nouveau', with fine baroque title and scale cartouches. KOEMAN: Mor 1.

£550

940

[Miniature Map of Greece] ORTELIUS, Abraham. Graeciae Universæ Secundum Hodiernum Situ Neoterica Desri. Brescia: Pietro Marchetti, c.1598. 75 x 110mm, set in text. From an Italian pirate edition of Ortelius's Epitome, with a title outside the printed border.

£150

941

[Morea] BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. Morea olim Peloponnesus. Amsterdam, c.1640, Latin text edition. Original colour. 415 x 505mm. Extra Wide Margins. Southern Greece, with Sparta marked "Misitra". ZACHARAKIS: 247.

£280

942

[Achaia] CLUVER, Philip. Achaia quæ et Hellas hodie Livadia. Amsterdam, c.1730. Coloured. 200 x 260mm. Attica, with inset plans of Thebes and Athens.

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943

[Ancient Attica] JANSSON, Jan. Attica, Megarica, Corinthiaca, Boetia, Phocis Locri. Amsterdam, c.1700. Coloured. 350 x 560mm. The area around Athens, from Jansson's Atlas of the Antique World, which went through several editions 1652-1741. This example has the name of Jansoon's brother-in-law and partner, Henricus Hondius, engraved on it.

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944

[City of Scio] CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco. Citta di Scio. Venice, 1572. 170 x 225mm. Old ink mss. plate number in margin. From Camocio's 'Isole famose, porti, fortezze, e terre maritime', first state (without plate number). Not in Zacharakis.

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945

[Scio] BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans. Chios Maris Agæi eiusden nominiss Insulae Civitas. Cologne, 1588-, Latin text edition. Coloured. 325 x 470mm. Published for the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first series of town plans. The major buildings are shown in profile, with no consideration for perspective. A galley is shown attacking the ships at anchor. KOEMAN: B&H 5.

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946

[Corfu] SEUTTER, George Matthäus. Nova et exactissima Geographica Delineatio Insulæ Corfu seu Sorsulæ... Augsburg, c.1740. Original colour. 500 x 570mm. Small area of surface loss in sea area. A large and colourful map of Corfu, with an allegorical title cartouche. Insets show the position of the island between Italy and Greece, and a plan of Corfu City.

£980

947

[Corfu City] MERIAN, Mattheus. Corphu. Frankfurt, c.1650. 135 x 350mm. Prospect of the city of Corfu, detailing the defences.

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948

[Corfu] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. Isola di Corfu. Venice, c.1690. Coloured. 465 x 620mm. A few small repairs. Large, decorative map of Corfu, surroundied by nine engraved vignettes of town plans and views within garlands. ZACHARAKIS: 673, illus.

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949

[Corfu City] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. Veduta della Fortezza Vecchia di Corfu verso Tramontana. Venice, c.1690. 110 x 270mm, set in a page of text. View of the city of Corfu, with the title on a banner above.

£220

950

[Corfu City] MORTIER, Pieter. Corfu ville dela Republique de Venise. Dans la Dalmatie. Amsterdam, c.1700. 400 x 500mm. Small printer's crease near centrefold. A plan of the town and fortress of Corfu, with a 43-point key. Published in Mortier's edition of Blaeu's Townbooks, but as a new plate.

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951

[Corfu] WEIGEL, Christoph. Corcyræ Insulæ Corfu planities unacum parte Greciæ. Nuremberg, c.1720. Original colour. 310 x 370mm. Corfu, with a prospect of the city and a decorative title cartouche.

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952

[Corfu] STEPHENSON, John. [Island of Corfu.] London, c.1800. 155 x 195mm. A detailed chart of the island with the Albania coastline, probably published in a sailing guide to the Mediterranean.

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953

[Corfu] STEPHENSON, John. The Harbor of Corfu. London, c.1800. 155 x 195mm. A detailed chart of the environs of Corfu town, probably published in a sailing guide to the Mediterranean.

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954

[Decorative map of the island in fine original colors] BLAEU, Johannes. Candia olim Creta. Amsterdam, c.1650, Latin text edition. Original colour. 385 x 530mm. Wide margins, very fine example. Ornated with a flowery title cartouche, two empty shields meant to house the  coat of arms but left blank. The island of Crete is shown quite accurately with detailed engraved rivers, mountains and villages. ZACHARAKIS: 247, illus.;.

£350

955

[A broadsheet plan of Candia] BELGRANO, I.M. Dissegno di Candia Attaccata dal Turco Sotto il Commando del Primo Visir et Diffesa dall' Ecc.mo Sig.r Marchese Villa, dal principio del Attacco li 24 Maggio 1667, sino li 21 Aprile 1668. Venice? c.1668. 370 x 495mm, with letterpress key underneath. Mis-print at top edge caused by a tear in the paper made before printing. Scarce broadsheet plan, oriented with north to the bottom, engraved by Belgrano the year before the city finally fell to the Turks after a 24-year campaign.

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956

[Crete] SANSON, Guillaume. Creta Insula... Paris,1676. Original outline colour. 395 x 545mm. Marginal spotting, publication line added in old ink mss. Crete, published soon after the fall of the island to the Turks.

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957

[Crete] DE WIT, Frederick. Insula Candia Ejusque Fortificatio... Amsterdam, c.1680. Original colour. 465 x 555mm. Split in centrefold repaired, minor creasing. One of the most decorative maps of Crete, based on the map by Sébastian de Pontault Beaulieu, a French military engineer who had mapped the fortifications of many Mediterranean islands. His map of Crete was published in 1674, only five years after Crete had fallen to the Turks after a 24-year seige. The seas around the island are filled with galleons & galleys representing this epic struggle. Above the map the title is on a banner held aloft by putti, and the corners have plans of the fortfications of Canea and Candia. Under the map are four more plans, and around the whole is an engraved frame-like border. ZACHARAKIS: 2392.

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958

[Crete] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. [9 plates of Crete on one Sheet.] Venice, c.1706. Printed area 440 x 580mm. Small hole in left margin. Nine details of Crete defences and ports, including Apokorono, Gramboussa, two of Hagios Theódoros and two of Suda

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959

[The Dodecanese Islands] DE L'ISLE, Guillaume. Carte Des Isles Rhodienes... Paris, c.1724. Coloured. 225 x 300mm. Engraved by Delahaye for "L'Histoire de Malte" by the Abbé de Vertot, a history of the Knights of Malta rather than the island. ZACHARAKIS: 932.

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960

[Lemnos] CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Marie Gabriel Florent Auguste de Carte de l'ile de Lemnos, Levée sur les Lieux, et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques. France, 1809. 440 x 615mm. Printer's crease near centrefold. A detailed map, also showing depth measurements around the coasts. Engraved by P.F. Tardieu for volume II of the 'Voyage pittoresque en Grèce'. Choiseul-Gouffier travelled to the Levant with the Marquis de Chabert in 1776, then spend several years as ambassador to Constantinople. Volume I was published in 1782; Vol. II 1809, having been delayed by a period of exile in Russia caused by the French Revolution; and Vol III, posthumously, in 1822.

£200

961

[Northern Greece] DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo. Macedonia Epiro Livadia Albania e Ianna... Rome, 1684. 445 x 555mm. Northern Greece, with Albania and Macedonia, engraved by F.D. Messanensis for the 'Mercurio Geographico'.

£480

962

[Macedonia] DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo. La Macedonia descritta da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola... Rome, 1685. 430 x 560mm. Engraved by F.D. Messanensis after Cantelli di Vignola for the 'Mercurio Geografico'.

£550

963

[Macedonia & Thessalonica] CLUVER, Philip. Macedoniae Thessaliae atque Epyri Regna Amsterdam, c.1730. Coloured. 200 x 300mm. With a decorative title cartouche.

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964

[City of Rhodes] CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco. Rodi Citta. Venice, 1572. 160 x 200mm. Old ink mss. plate number in margin; bottom corner of margin made up. From Camocio's 'Isole famose, porti, fortezze, e terre maritime', first state (without plate number). Not listed in Zacharakis.

£520

965

[Rhodes] CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco. Rhodi insula et città memorabile... Venice, 1572. 200 x 155mm. Old ink mss. plate number in margin; bottom corners of margin made up, just touching platemark on left. From Camocio's 'Isole famose, porti, fortezze, e terre maritime', first state (without plate number). ZACHARAKIS: 521.

£420

966

[Thrace] JANSSON, Jan. Thraciae Veteris Typus. Amsterdam, c.1700. Coloured. 365 x 490mm. From Jansson's Atlas of the Antique World, which went through several editions 1652-1741.

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