Description: Set of 6 Original Engraved maps from “Voyage pittoresque de la Grece” published 1782, Paris. CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Marie Gabriel Florent Auguste de. Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. Paris, J.-J. Blaise Engraved Maps for sale: 6 Total -Paros -Delos -Naussa -Lemnos -Metelin -Tchesme et des Manoeuvres de Russe 1770 *All Maps Measure Appx. 14” X 21” inches. Reverse of each shows authentic water marks* Selling as a Set of 6 but willing to entertain offers for any or all. In 1776, at the age of twenty-four, Choiseul-Gouffier sailed from Toulon, aboard the frigate "Atalante", on his first voyage to Greece. His aim was twofold, to delineate ancient monuments and to describe the modern Greeks’ way of life. Fruit of this first year-long journey was the publication in 1782 of the first volume of his monumental work "Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce". Novel feature of this "magnum opus" is that the image holds pride of place, bringing the magical world of the East alive for the European reader. The volume includes three hundred copperplate engravings.
Price: 540 USD
Location: East Sandwich, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-02-21T18:18:55.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Date Range: 1700-1799
Printing Technique: Copper Plate
Year: 1782
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Country/Region: Greece
