"Accurata Totius Archipelagi et Graeciae Universae Tabula...", Wit, Frederick de
Subject: Greece
Period: 1680 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.9 x 17.1 inches
53.1 x 43.4 cm
This is a lovely map of the Greek archipelago, extending up to Albania and Macedonia in the north. A figurative cartouche with a classical theme balances the composition. Manuscript page number 78 is noted outside the neatline at top right.
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Condition: B+
Full contemporary color with light toning and a small stain at top right. There is both a 2.5" centerfold separation and 1.5" edge tear at bottom that have been closed on verso with hinge tape. A few extraneous creases adjacent to the centerfold have also been reinforced on verso with hinge tape.
