World Maps · 19th century
€ 129
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Antique map titled 'Plan de l'Isthme du Mont Athos'. Old map of the isthmus of Mount Athos, a mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece and an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. This map originates from 'Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce' by M.G.F.A. de Choiseul-Gouffier.
Artists and Engravers: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) was a French nobleman, traveller and diploma.
Condition: Fair, large stain in lower part of the map. Minor wear and a repair bottom left below the map. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1809
Overall size: 32.5 x 53.5 cm.
Image size: 22 x 34 cm.
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