52.1 x 55 cm. Plate size: 49.8 x 53 cm Image size: 48.3 x 51.5 cm Language Latin Medium Engraving Colored Hand color technic: copper engraving, folding laid down on canvas, covered with marbled think paper, fitted in a special box with gilt label on spine, original hand colour. Condition: Excellent Clear Plate mark and the Laid paper is watermarked, Eugène Andriveau-Goujon, (Rue de Bac No. 21), Paris, 1762.

Synopsis

A large decorative map by J. B. B. D’Anville of Ancient Greece. It covers the area from Macedonia to the Peloponnesus, inclusive of Euboea and the Ionian Isles. It shows details of mountains, rivers, cities, roadways, and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline colour. Decorative title cartouche in the lower left quadrant depicts an ancient Greek woman lounging against a Tuscan column while two cherubic children create art. Includes five distance scales, bottom left, referencing various measurement systems common in antiquity. Text in Latin and English. Drawn by J. B. B. D’Anville in 1762 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, London.
Reference: Source: D’Anville, J. B. B., Complete Body of Ancient Geography, Laurie and Whittle, London, 1795.