1753
SANSON, Guillaume(died 1703)
Map of the Greek Islands "Graecia Foederata"
Colored copperplate engraving.
Printing plate: 42 x 51.5 cm, sheet: 46 x 61.5 cm.
Detailed map of Greece and the associated islands, with ornate title cartouche "Graecia Foederata sub, Agamemnone ob Helenae Raptum in Troiam Coniurans ex Homero Collecta Conatibus Geographicis", from "Cartes Generales de toutes les parties du Monde", 1657. Backglued centerfold, marginal traces of grip and browned.
Son of Nicolas Sanson, considered the father of geography in France and taught geography to the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
Call time 26 | Oct 2023 | expected 16:46 (CET)
Limit 20 €
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