Code: 57212
Date: 1794
Copper engraving with original outline hand colouring. Overall sheet size: 72.6 cms x 54.2 cms ; image size : 642mm x 477mm. This is a map of Southern Greece, the Greek Isles and Crete. It identifies various important cities from Ancient Greece including Athens, Thebes, Delphi, Naxos, Pergamon, Sparta etc Bottom left is the title within a decorative cartouche with the first Olympic Games and the Colossus of Rhodes in the background . The text is in Latin. Drawn by G. Delisle and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, London. Very good condition apart from extremely faint browing in right hand blank and odd fox spot to the margins
Guillaume de L’Isle was a prominent figure in French Cartography, De L’Isle (or Delisle) was admitted to the Académie Royale des Sciences at age 27 and later became Premier Géographe du Roi in 1718. His works were notable for their scientific accuracy and were widely reissued by leading European publishers.
