Antique Print of Koroni by Boethius (1688)

Description: Antique print titled 'Das Aussehen der Stadt und Vestung Coron von der Seit des Auffgang'. Copper engraving of Koroni (or Corone), Greece. This print originates from 'Ruhm-belorberter Triumph-leuchtender und Glantz-erhoheter Kriegs-Helm dero Rom.Kaiser (..)' by Christoph Boethius. Οne of the rarest contemporary eyewitness accounts of the Balkans (Hungary, Dalmatia, Greece) during 1683-88.

Artists and Engravers: Christoph Boethius was a 17th-century German historian who is best remembered for his studies on the Turkish Wars. His book ‘Kriegs-Helm’ was undoubtedly the best and most referenced book on the Turkish Empire and Turkish wars and was filled with copper engravings, portraits, maps, and city views.