Peeters, Jacques.

Oblong 8vo (165 x 288mm.), engraved pictorial title, plate of the Turkish standard, and 114 plates, maps and plans (of 115?, see footnote), 2 folding, contemporary vellum, overall rather soiled and browned, single wormhole throughout at lower outer corner sometimes affecting plates, another similar wormhole at upper outer corner towards end, title somewhat shorter than other leaves, one folding plate cropped at edge with slight loss and tear repaired, the other torn at fold and with repairs elsewhere (with loss), binding worn

Blackmer 1276; Weber II 821 (but with wrong collation); not in Atabey but cf. 934

A rare work, inspired by the Venetian successes against the Turks in Greece. The views, plans and maps are of the Adriatic, Greece, the Near and Middle East and India, and include Corfu, Cephalonia, the Morea, Athens, Crete, the Greek islands, Cyprus, Palestine, Arabia (Mocha, Aden and Muscat), Iraq and Persia.

This copy has 114 plates, apparently the most complete copy extant, but it is likely that the number varies. The Blackmer copy had 112, speculating that there should be 115, but admitting the possibility that the figure could be as high as 139 (the number of places mentioned in the text). The Gennadius copy also has 112 plates (Weber’s collation is wrong), but of a slightly different composition to Blackmer.

Apart from the Blackmer copy (sold in these rooms 11 October 1989, lot 255), there is only one other copy recorded at auction on ABPC in over thirty-five years, with just 78 plates (sale in these rooms, 14 October 2003, lot 700).

1                      Parenzo
2                      Zara and Sebienco
3                      Polla
4                      Sebenico
5                      Ragusa
6                      Castel Novo
7                      Cataro
8                      Budoua
9                      Dulcigno
10                    Durazzo
11                    Corfu
12                    Corfu
13                    Forteresse de S. Maura
14                    S. Maura
15                    Cephalonia
16                    Cephalonia
17                    Forteresse d'Asso
18                    Isle de Zante
19                    Forteresse de Zante
20                    Les Dardanelles de Lepanthe
21                    Lepanthe
22                    Corinto
23                    Morea
24                    Patras
25                    Casl. Tornese
26                    Modon
27                    Coron
28                    Coron
29                    Veue de Coron
30                    Navarin
31                    Calamata
32                    Plan de Zarnata
33                    Zarnata
34                    Chielafa
35                    Passava
36                    Mistria ou Sparte
37                    Plan de Maina
38                    Cap de Matapan
39                    Maluasia
40                    Napoli de Romania
41                    Megare
42                    Golfe d'Engia
43                    Ville d'Athens
44                    Negropont
45                    Forteresse de Volo
46                    Veue de Volo
47                    Cerigo
48                    Port de Cerigo
49                    Forteresse de Cerigo
50                    Candia Regnum
51                    Candia
52                    Canea
53                    Retimo
54                    Thine
55                    Suda
56                    Spina Longa
57                    Millo
58                    Tine
59                    Sesto
60                    Abide
61                    Tenedo
62                    Mitileme
63                    Scio
64                    Chios
65                    Samo
66                    Nicarie
67                    Pathmos / Palmosa
68                    Lango
69                    Rhode
70                    Cipre
71                    Nicosie
72                    Famagosta
73                    Aleppo in Syrien
74                    Tripolis in Syrien
75                    Damascus in Syrien
76                    Den Bergh Carmeli in Syrie
77                    Den Bergh Thabor
78                    Nazareth
79                    Iaffa vulgo Ioppen
80                    Jerusalem
81                    Egiptische Piramiden
82                    Mocha
83                    Den Hock van Aden
84                    Maskatae
85                    Abidos
86                    Smirna
87                    Ephesen
88                    Magnesie
89                    Merdin
90                    Babylonie
91                    Bagdad
92                    Hella
93                    Ninive
94                    Xahrozour
95                    Betlis
96                    Tercki
97                    Der Bendt
98                    Teflis
99                    Schamachie
100                 Irivan
101                 Ecs-Miazin
102                 Tauris
103                 Ardebil
104                 Soltanie
105                 Kom
106                 Saba
107                 Kaschan
108                 Ispahan
109                 Ormus
110                 Sourratte
111                 Brotsch
112                 Amadabath
113                 Visapoer
114                 Dabul