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Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Unframed Print. Condizione: Very Good. The scene captures a small gathering place: figures drawing water, resting, or passing by, set against the distinctive architecture of the island, arched stonework, shaded recesses, and the suggestion of a Mediterranean settlement still marked by its Ottoman and Genoese past. Such images were intended to acquaint the viewer with the character of distant places, and this engraving offers a compact glimpse of everyday life on Scio in the early nineteenth century. An original Woodcut engraving, especially commissioned for the uncommon Saturday Magazine. There is no accompanying text. Size: Image 14.5 x 21 cms. Category: Saturday Magazine; Vintage Prints; PRINTS : Historic News; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Condizione: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condizione: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Excellent. Size 21.75 x 17.75 Inches. This is the beautiful 1685 Cantelli da Vignola map of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea. It was issued at the beginning of the 1684-1699 Morean War between Venice and the Ottoman Empire. A Closer Look The map presents the Aegean Sea, from Crete in the south to the Sea of Marmara in the north. Mainland Greece dominates the west, and the coast of Turkey marks the eastern limits. Within these bounds, the islands of the Aegean are presented in exaggerated size - possibly because of the imprecise measurements of the era, but more probably as a deliberate effort towards including legible detail on the islands themselves. Relief along the coastlines is shown pictorially; towns, rivers, mountains, and administrative divisions are marked. A beautiful, shell-motif cartouche is flanked by Neptune to the right and what is probably a Nereid to the left. In the upper right is a splendid dedicatory cartouche in honor of Pietro Filippo Bernini (1640 - 1698), canon of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, an influential patron of the arts. An Optimistic Wartime Map In the dedication, Rossi hints at the main focus of the map, which he describes as ' the present geographical table of the islands of the archipelago, in which today the Venetian armies gloriously range against the Ottoman power .' The Morean War - Venice's theatre in the Great Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire - had begun. The Pope played a major role in securing Venice's place in that war, so referencing the conflict when dedicating the map to the churchman Bernini would have been relevant. As it was, Rossi was getting ahead of himself with his dedication. Although by the time this map was engraved, the Morean war had been active for a year, Venice's successes were yet further west and were just beginning. In 1685, Venice had only begun the reconquest of Morea; it would not be complete until 1687. The Negroponte - at left and center on the map - was not fully conquered by Venice until 1692. Indecisive naval engagements in the Aegean took place in the 1690s, with neither Venice nor the Ottoman Empire being able to field signifiant fleets. A Beautiful and Distinctive Engraving Cantelli's maps, notably their cartouches, were some of the most attractively engraved of the later 17th century. Coronelli's more celebrated though later maps were clearly influenced in their engraving style by Cantelli, or properly speaking, by Cantelli and Rossi's engravers, such as Giorgio Widman and (as here) Vincenzo Mariotti. Publication History and Census This map is scarce. It was engraved by Vincenzo Mariotti in Rome for inclusion in the Cantelli-Rossi 1688 Mercurio Geografico It appeared in a 1692 edition without change. It has appeared on the market only a handful of times in the past 20 years. We see seven separate examples of this map in OCLC. The Mercurio Geografico is cataloged only at Oxford, Yale, and the Clements. References: OCLC 803849350. Rumsey 11438.146. Zacharakis, C. G. A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477-1800, 822.…

Good. Two sheets joined at center. Top remargined. Minor older repairs on verso. Color oxidized. Size 20 x 42.5 Inches. An attractive old color c. 1717 Johannes van Keulen nautical chart or maritime map of the northern Aegean, Sea of Marmara, and the surrounding islands. Although critical to regional trade, the Aegean at this time was a hotbed of piracy - much associated with the ongoing Venetian-Ottoman War of 1714-1718. A Closer Look This dramatic sea chart covers from Macedonia and Thessalia eastward as far as the Bosporus Straits and the Black Sea. It extends south as far as Ephesus (Selçuk) on the Turkish Aegean. Inset maps detail the Gulf of Smyrna (Izmir), Chios (Scio), Schiro, and the Island of Tenedos. The lion in the cartouche symbolizes Venice, and its slumberous state is perhaps a commentary on that state's lackluster performance in defending Christianity. The map bears a 15-year Privilege, a kind of early copyright. Venetian-Ottoman War of 1714-1718 The Venetian-Ottoman War of 1714-1718, also known as the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War, was primarily focused in the Aegean Sea and the Morea (Peloponnese peninsula in Greece). Sparked by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's drive to regain territories lost to the Venetian Republic in earlier wars, the conflict began in 1714. The Ottomans, led by Ahmed III and Grand Vizier Damat Ali Pasha, launched a successful campaign in the Morea, recapturing the peninsula by 1715. Venice, weakened and unable to counter the Ottoman offensive, suffered significant losses, including the vital fortress of Nafplion. The war, marked by naval battles and sieges throughout the Aegean, stretched the resources of the Venetian Republic and highlighted the shifting balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean. The conflict eventually concluded with the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, where Venice ceded the Morea and a few Aegean islands but retained holdings in Dalmatia, marking a significant territorial reshuffle and a decline in Venetian influence. Publication History and Census This map was issued in several editions. The individual sheets were designed to be either joined as a large chart, as here, or sold separately. Each sheet is separately titled, despite that title being the same. The map was first issued in the late 1680s and underwent several subsequent revisions. The present example has been updated over earlier editions with extensive inland detail. This map was published in part III of Van Keulen's De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fackel . References: Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, (3 Vols), vol.IV, Keu 88.…

Altkolorierter Kupferstich aus De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas, ofte Water-Wereld. . b. Gerard van Keulen in Amsterdam, n. 1705, 50,5 x 108,5 Zacharakis, A Catalogue of printed Maps of Greece 1477-1800, (3. edition) S. 167, Nr. 1780/1175; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. IV (Maritime Atlases), S. 371 (2. Zustand mit Hinzufügung des italienischen Meilenzeigers.) . - Die Seekarte zeigt die südliche Ägäis zwischen Athen, Kreta, Rhodos und Chios mit den türkischen Küstenregionen. - Oben rechts figürliche Titelkartusche mit Stadtplan von Rodos ('De Stadt en Haven van Rhodus.'). - Oben links Kartusche mit weiterem Titel und 4 verschiedenen Meilenzeigern. - Westlich von Kreta Kompaßrose und Segelschiff. - Unten rechts weitere große figürliche Kartusche mit ebenfalls 4 Meilenzeigern; darüber Kompaßrose. - Seltene altkolorierte Seekarte.…

Altkolorierter Kupferstich n. Johannes Wilhelm Lauremberg aus Atlas Major b. Johannes Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1662, 48 x 58 Zacharakis, A Catalogue of printed Maps of Greece 1477-1800 (2. edition 1992), S. 102, Nr. 1284; van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, S. 590, 7911:2, 2:601. - Zeit die nördliche Ägäis mit den Inseln Lesbos (Lesvos), Limnos, Chios, Thassos (Thássos / Thasos) und Tenedos u.a. - Oben rechts Titelkartusche. - Die Karte erschien nur in Blaeu's Atlas Major. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 364 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.