Weigel’s Map of Ancient Greece
SKU: 9185
£250.00
Title:
Weigel’s Map of Ancient Greece
Date of publication:
1720
Printed Measurement:
31.5 x 41.5 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Graeciae Pars Meridionalis / Graciae Antiquae Tabula Nova in qua locorum situs tum ad distantias itinerarias tum ad Observationes Astronomicas exactus
Copper engraving, 31.5 x 41.5 cm, original hand colour, blank verso; map of the southern regions of ancient Greece, published in Johann David Köhler’s historical atlas "Descriptio Orbis Antiqui..." The cartouche is adorned with suitably classical subjects, such as chariot racing and the Colossus of Rhodes. Zacharakis, Printed Maps of Greece, 3668/2370.