GREECE BALKANS 1755 VAUGONDY ANTIQUE ENGRAVED CHART

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Double your traffic. Turquie Européenne . Par le Sr Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roi. Avec Privilege 1755. Description: Stricking and beautifully detailed copper engraved chart of the Ottoman possessions in Greece and the Balkans including Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. The large, decorative title cartouche incorporates a portrait of Mahomet II. Chart filled with towns, mountains, rivers, and a host of other details. Date: 1752 (dated) Source: ROBER DE VAUGONDY Atlas Universel A Paris, Chez les Auteurs et Boudet, 1757 Dimensions: Printed area size approx.: cm 46,7 x 50,3 Paper size approx.: cm 52,9 x 52,8 Conditions: Very strong a nd dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Original colors to the outlines. Wide margin to the top. Lower margin missed. Wide lateral margins. Small tears. Map professionally washed and restored. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Gilles (1688 – 1766) and Didier (c. 1723 – 1786) Robert de Vaugondy were an important French cartographic family in the mid 18th century. The father and son team are descended from the notable Sanson cartographic from whom they inherited much of their materials. The De Vaugondy’s were well respected for the detail and accuracy of their maps, as they used all available resources from scholarly research, read more

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