A 18th century two-sheet map of Ancient Greece

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Graeciae Antiquae Designatio Nova.
Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter, c.1750. Original body colour. Two sheets, each 500 x 585mm.

Minor repairs to wide margins.

A fine example of a two-sheet map of Ancient Greece and the islands of the Aegean, divided into the kingdoms. The decorative title cartouche illustrates Greek culture, including an image of the Colossus of Rhodes.
This pair of maps was first published by Seutter c.1720; this example was published by his son-in-law and successor Tobias Lotter.

See ZACHARAKIS: 3351 & 3352 for the first issues.
Stock ID : 22403