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GREECE, CYPRUS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN- COLLECTION OF 104 MAPS FROM 15TH-19TH CENTURY
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- Large collection of maps devoted to the Greece and the Mediterranean. [15th-19th century], 104 engraved maps, various sizes (from miniature to folio), some hand-coloured
A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF NEARLY ALL THE MAJOR EUROPEAN PRINTED MAPS OF THE REGION, COVERING FIVE CENTURIES OF CARTOGRAPHY.
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle. Four views on three leaves, 1493, partially hand-coloured Waldseemuller. Decima et Ultima Tabula Europae, 1513, hand-coloured
Fries. [Tabula X Europae], 1525
Fries. Ta Moder Bossinae Serviae Graciae et Sclavoniae. 1525
Bordone. [Kythera / Saronic Gulf], 1534
Bordone. Archipelago, 1534
Bordone. Delos, 1534, hand-coloured
Bordone. Paros / Nio, Amurgos, 1534, hand-coloured
Fries. Tabula IX Europae, 1535, hand-coloured
Fries. Tabula nova Candie, 1535, hand-colouored in outline
Munster. Typus Graeciae, 1538 (possibly an early facsimile)
Munster. [Greece], 1538?
Fries. Tabula noua Candiæ, 1541
Fries. Europae tabula decima Macedoniam, 1541
Munster. Tabula Europae IX, 1542
Munster. Tabula Europae X, 1542
Gastaldi. Grætia nova tabula, 1548
Munster. New Griechen landt mit andern anstossenden landern, [1550], hand-coloured
Munster. [Greece], 1550?
Camocio. Isole famose. [View of Napoli, 1566-75]
Camocio. Isole famose. [Karpathos, 1566-75]
Camocio. Isole famose. [Naxos, 1566-75]
Porcacchi. Arcipelago, [1572, or 1590?]
Pinargenti. [Archipelago], 1573
Belleforest. Rhodes, 1575
Polybius. [Greece], 1574, hand-coloured
Polybius, [Greece], 1574, hand-coloured
Polybius, [Greece], 1574
Polybius, Dacia, 1574
Petri. Euboea, [1576?]
Petri. Carpathus. Rhodus. Lemnos, [1576?]
Munster. Cyprus, 1576
Ferreti. Ragionevol forma det vera postura del isola di Necsia, 1578
Munster, New Griechenlandt mit anderen anstossenden Ländern, 1580?, hand-coloured
Munster, New Griechenlandt mit anderen anstossenden Ländern, 1580?
Strabo. Euboea, 1581
Strabo. Crete, 1581
Pantaleon. [Greece, 1581]
Bunting. Tafel Der Lender/darin Der Apostel Paulus Geprediget Hat, 1582
Anon. [Eastern Mediterranean], 1586, hand-coloured
Zvallert. Crete, 1587?
Ortelius. Candia olim Creta, 1595
Magini. Tabula Europae X, 1597?
Magini. Tabula Asiae I [and] Tabula Africae IIII, [1597, or 1598?]
Magini. Candia insula olim Creta, [1596?]
Magini. Candia insula olim Creta, [1597?]
Magini. Græcia. 1596, or 1598?, three copies with varying text on verso, one with residue of mount to left margin
Ruscelli. Europæ Tabula IX, 1561?
Ruscelli. Grætia Nuova Tavola. 1561
Ortelius. Aeneae Troiani, 1570?, hand-coloured in outline
Ortelius. Ελλαs. Graecia Sophiani, 1570?, 2 copies
Ortelius. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio, 1570?, hand-coloured
De Jode. Greece, 1593
Ruscelli. Grætia nova Tavola, 1598
Ruscelli. Tabula Europae X, 1598
Marchetti, Græcia, c.1598
Quad and Bussemecher. Thracia, 1600
Quad and Bussemecher. Natolia olim Asia Minor, 1600
Quad and Bussemecher. Creta Iovis Magni Medio Iacet Insula Ponto, 1600
Quad. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio, 1600?, or later
Mercator. Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania, [1607], hand-coloured in outline
Mercator. Macedonia Epirus et Achaia, [1602?], Latin on verso, hand-coloured, remnants of mount
Mercator. Macedonia Epirus et Achaia, [1607], hand-coloured
Mercator. Græcia, [1607], hand-coloured
Mercator. Morea olim Peloponnesus, [1607], hand-coloured
Ortelius. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip, 1609?, hand-coloured
Ortelius. Thraciae Veteris Typus, c.1612
Janssonius. Attica, Mecarica, Corinthiaca, Boeotia, Phocis, Locri, 1638?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount
Janssonius. Aeneae Troiani navigation, 1638?
Laurenberg. Hellas seu Græcia universa, 1638?, hand-coloured
Laurenberg. Achaiae, 1638?, hand-coloured
Speed. Greece, 1646?
Janssonius. Attica, Megarica Corinthiaca, Boeotia, Phocis, Locri, 1650?
Janssonius. Hella seu Graecia Sophiani, 1650s?
Sanson. Graecia Foederata. [1656]
Speed. Greece, 1676?, hand-coloured
Cluver. Græcia Sophiani, 1682?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount to right edge
Mallet. Die Inseln Cerigo, Igna, c.1686, hand-coloured, mounted, tear
Morden. Greciæ novæ description, [1687], hand-coloured in outline, mounted
Cluver. Ægyptus et Cyrene, 1687?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount to top edge
Sanson. Antiqui Illyrici orientalis episcopatus, 1694?, partially hand-coloured
Janssonius. Argonautica, 1705?
Lasor a Varea. Græcia, 1713
Moll. Græcia Antiqua Sophiani, 1716?
Hooghe. De Reysen Christi des Heyland en Pauli inet andere fyne Bloedgetuygen, 1721?
Mercator. Tab. X. Europae. Macedoniam, Epirum ac Peloponnesum, [1730]
Delagrave. Carte de la Grece moderne de l'Archipel, c.1875, hand-coloured
Aa. Ελλαs. Graecia Sophiani, 1729, mounted
Janssonius. Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio, [1740]
Le Rouge. L'Empire d'Alexandre, 1756.
d'Anville. De Cycladische Eilanden, c.1758, hand-coloured in outline
Roux. Isle Paros, 1764, hand-coloured in outline
Roux. Carte Mouillage de Corfou, 1764
Albrizzi. Carta Geografica del Levante Veneto o sia delle isole del Mar Jonio nella Grecia, 1751?
Senex. A map of Greece with part of Anatolia, 1781?, hand-coloured in outline
Rochette. Greece. Archipelago and part of Anadoli, 1791, hand-coloured
[Anon.] Carte des conquetes d'Alexandre, hand-coloured
Thierry. Hesiode, Homere, Orphee, Voyage des argonautes et d'Ulysee, c.1820, hand-coloured in outline
[Anon]. Grèce, 1820s?, hand-coloured in outline
Fries. [Tabula X Europae], 1525
Fries. Ta Moder Bossinae Serviae Graciae et Sclavoniae. 1525
Bordone. [Kythera / Saronic Gulf], 1534
Bordone. Archipelago, 1534
Bordone. Delos, 1534, hand-coloured
Bordone. Paros / Nio, Amurgos, 1534, hand-coloured
Fries. Tabula IX Europae, 1535, hand-coloured
Fries. Tabula nova Candie, 1535, hand-colouored in outline
Munster. Typus Graeciae, 1538 (possibly an early facsimile)
Munster. [Greece], 1538?
Fries. Tabula noua Candiæ, 1541
Fries. Europae tabula decima Macedoniam, 1541
Munster. Tabula Europae IX, 1542
Munster. Tabula Europae X, 1542
Gastaldi. Grætia nova tabula, 1548
Munster. New Griechen landt mit andern anstossenden landern, [1550], hand-coloured
Munster. [Greece], 1550?
Camocio. Isole famose. [View of Napoli, 1566-75]
Camocio. Isole famose. [Karpathos, 1566-75]
Camocio. Isole famose. [Naxos, 1566-75]
Porcacchi. Arcipelago, [1572, or 1590?]
Pinargenti. [Archipelago], 1573
Belleforest. Rhodes, 1575
Polybius. [Greece], 1574, hand-coloured
Polybius, [Greece], 1574, hand-coloured
Polybius, [Greece], 1574
Polybius, Dacia, 1574
Petri. Euboea, [1576?]
Petri. Carpathus. Rhodus. Lemnos, [1576?]
Munster. Cyprus, 1576
Ferreti. Ragionevol forma det vera postura del isola di Necsia, 1578
Munster, New Griechenlandt mit anderen anstossenden Ländern, 1580?, hand-coloured
Munster, New Griechenlandt mit anderen anstossenden Ländern, 1580?
Strabo. Euboea, 1581
Strabo. Crete, 1581
Pantaleon. [Greece, 1581]
Bunting. Tafel Der Lender/darin Der Apostel Paulus Geprediget Hat, 1582
Anon. [Eastern Mediterranean], 1586, hand-coloured
Zvallert. Crete, 1587?
Ortelius. Candia olim Creta, 1595
Magini. Tabula Europae X, 1597?
Magini. Tabula Asiae I [and] Tabula Africae IIII, [1597, or 1598?]
Magini. Candia insula olim Creta, [1596?]
Magini. Candia insula olim Creta, [1597?]
Magini. Græcia. 1596, or 1598?, three copies with varying text on verso, one with residue of mount to left margin
Ruscelli. Europæ Tabula IX, 1561?
Ruscelli. Grætia Nuova Tavola. 1561
Ortelius. Aeneae Troiani, 1570?, hand-coloured in outline
Ortelius. Ελλαs. Graecia Sophiani, 1570?, 2 copies
Ortelius. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio, 1570?, hand-coloured
De Jode. Greece, 1593
Ruscelli. Grætia nova Tavola, 1598
Ruscelli. Tabula Europae X, 1598
Marchetti, Græcia, c.1598
Quad and Bussemecher. Thracia, 1600
Quad and Bussemecher. Natolia olim Asia Minor, 1600
Quad and Bussemecher. Creta Iovis Magni Medio Iacet Insula Ponto, 1600
Quad. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio, 1600?, or later
Mercator. Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania, [1607], hand-coloured in outline
Mercator. Macedonia Epirus et Achaia, [1602?], Latin on verso, hand-coloured, remnants of mount
Mercator. Macedonia Epirus et Achaia, [1607], hand-coloured
Mercator. Græcia, [1607], hand-coloured
Mercator. Morea olim Peloponnesus, [1607], hand-coloured
Ortelius. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip, 1609?, hand-coloured
Ortelius. Thraciae Veteris Typus, c.1612
Janssonius. Attica, Mecarica, Corinthiaca, Boeotia, Phocis, Locri, 1638?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount
Janssonius. Aeneae Troiani navigation, 1638?
Laurenberg. Hellas seu Græcia universa, 1638?, hand-coloured
Laurenberg. Achaiae, 1638?, hand-coloured
Speed. Greece, 1646?
Janssonius. Attica, Megarica Corinthiaca, Boeotia, Phocis, Locri, 1650?
Janssonius. Hella seu Graecia Sophiani, 1650s?
Sanson. Graecia Foederata. [1656]
Speed. Greece, 1676?, hand-coloured
Cluver. Græcia Sophiani, 1682?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount to right edge
Mallet. Die Inseln Cerigo, Igna, c.1686, hand-coloured, mounted, tear
Morden. Greciæ novæ description, [1687], hand-coloured in outline, mounted
Cluver. Ægyptus et Cyrene, 1687?, hand-coloured in outline, remnants of mount to top edge
Sanson. Antiqui Illyrici orientalis episcopatus, 1694?, partially hand-coloured
Janssonius. Argonautica, 1705?
Lasor a Varea. Græcia, 1713
Moll. Græcia Antiqua Sophiani, 1716?
Hooghe. De Reysen Christi des Heyland en Pauli inet andere fyne Bloedgetuygen, 1721?
Mercator. Tab. X. Europae. Macedoniam, Epirum ac Peloponnesum, [1730]
Delagrave. Carte de la Grece moderne de l'Archipel, c.1875, hand-coloured
Aa. Ελλαs. Graecia Sophiani, 1729, mounted
Janssonius. Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio, [1740]
Le Rouge. L'Empire d'Alexandre, 1756.
d'Anville. De Cycladische Eilanden, c.1758, hand-coloured in outline
Roux. Isle Paros, 1764, hand-coloured in outline
Roux. Carte Mouillage de Corfou, 1764
Albrizzi. Carta Geografica del Levante Veneto o sia delle isole del Mar Jonio nella Grecia, 1751?
Senex. A map of Greece with part of Anatolia, 1781?, hand-coloured in outline
Rochette. Greece. Archipelago and part of Anadoli, 1791, hand-coloured
[Anon.] Carte des conquetes d'Alexandre, hand-coloured
Thierry. Hesiode, Homere, Orphee, Voyage des argonautes et d'Ulysee, c.1820, hand-coloured in outline
[Anon]. Grèce, 1820s?, hand-coloured in outline