Stock# 93978
Description
Laurenberg's Atlas of Ancient Greece
Laurenberg, a skilled cartographer, was also a noted philologist, mathematician, classicist, and poet. He made maps for the atlases issued by the Amsterdam-based Hondius and Blaeu firms. The present work on ancient Greece assigns a map for each region described. The present atlas of ancient Greece was edited and published posthumously by Samuel Pufendorf, just a short time after Laurenberg's death.
The maps are:
- Graecia Universalis
- Achaia seu Hellas
- Macedonia
- Epirus
- Peloponnesus
- Insulae
- Attica
- Megaris
- Boeotia, Superior
- Boeotia, Inferior
- Thebae Boeoticae
- Phocis
- Corinthia & Sicyonia
- Argia
- Achaia Propria
- Elis
- Arcadia Superior
- Arcadia Inferior
- Laconica Septentrion
- Laconica Meridional
- Laconica Orientalis
- Messenia
- Insulae Ionii Maris
- Thracia
- Creta
- Euboea Insula
- Samus & Rhodus
- Chius & Cia
- Delus & Icaria
- Tempe Thessala
- Corinthus
Condition Description
Oblong octavo. Contemporary polished calf, rebacked with new leather spine. [8], 62, [2] pages plus 31 engraved maps. Woodcut title vignette. 8 smaller engraved illustrations of allegorical, architectural and numismatic subjects, in the text. Some woodcut initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Complete. Binding edges worn. Title leaf a bit dust soiled. Early ink inscription dated 1777 on verso of front flyleaf. Else internally very clean and nice, especially the maps.
Reference
Blackmer 958. Shirley G.Laur-1a, page 1557.