CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della

FIRST EDITION. folio (445 x 295 mm.), [90] pp. (lacks one of the in-text engravings (it wasn't printed): «Veduta di Zarnata dalla parte di Greco», another printed upside down: «Golfo d'Engia», very small tear to the map and one plate, repaired small tear to the inner side of the map and to the lower margin of one plate, reinforcement to the outer margin of a few leaves, small water stain to a few leaves, some others lightly soiled). Engraved half-title, title, coat of arms of Duke Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg, large map of Peloponnesus («Disegno idrografico de littorali della Morea et adiacenze», 430 x 750 mm., included only in some copies), with 17 folding engraved plates (one with 4 smaller engravings, second state of the engraving «Piazza di Calamata», where, instead of the European horseman, who is probably the aforementioned Duke, there is an injured Turk) and 14 half-page engravings in the text, woodcut initials. Modern boards (minor wear, uncut, with large margins). Armao 33, Atabey 286, Contominas 167, cf. Blackmer 408 (the second edition). For more information on the two states of the engraving «Piazza di Calamata»: Leonora Navari, «Vincenzo Coronelli and the iconography of the Venetian conquest of the Morea: a study in illustrative methods», The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 90, 1995, pp. 505-519. --- VERY RARE. The last time that a copy of this work was auctioned by our House was in 2007. The Annual of the British School at Athens Author: CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. Title: Memorie istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte e luoghi adiacenti, descritte, e consecrate all'Altezza Serenissima del. Sigr. Principe Massimiliano Guglielmo, Duca di Brunsuich, Luneburgo, &c., Generale dell'Armi Venete, dal P. Mro Moro. Publication info: Βενετία 1686.

Estimate:£5,026.9

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