Property from the Loverdos Collection
Vincezo Coronelli
Memorie istoriografiche de regno della Morea, riacquistato dall’ armi della Sereniss. Republica di Venetia. Venice: Con licenza de’ superiori, 1692
8vo (160 x 108mm.), half-title, engraved additional title, 43 double-page engraved plates, contemporary blue paper-covered boards, printed title detached and with old tape mark extending onto engraved title, joints worn, later inventory label on spine
Coronelli's description of the coastal areas of Greece and beyond followed the Venetian reconquest of the Peleponnese ("Morea") from the Ottomans which began in 1684. It was first published in folio in 1686; the plates here are a reduced version of the plates and illustrations from that edition.
Property from the Loverdos Collection
Vincezo Coronelli
Memorie istoriografiche de regno della Morea, riacquistato dall’ armi della Sereniss. Republica di Venetia. Venice: Con licenza de’ superiori, 1692
8vo (160 x 108mm.), half-title, engraved additional title, 43 double-page engraved plates, contemporary blue paper-covered boards, printed title detached and with old tape mark extending onto engraved title, joints worn, later inventory label on spine
Coronelli's description of the coastal areas of Greece and beyond followed the Venetian reconquest of the Peleponnese ("Morea") from the Ottomans which began in 1684. It was first published in folio in 1686; the plates here are a reduced version of the plates and illustrations from that edition.
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