Lot 08093

ALDENHOVEN Ferdinand, “Itineraire descriptif de l’Attique et du Peloponnese”, ATHENS / Αθήνα: Imprimerie de l’Ami du Peuple, Adolphe NAST AND Rodolphe BUND, 1841. FIRST EDITION. Including the large folding map of Peloponnesus unlike most of the copies. 8vo, pp.[6], xxviii, 436. With 12 full page plates, 6 folding plates & plans and 1 large folding map (total 19 of 21).

Ferdinand Aldenhoven was an army officer, topographer and engineer from Köln. He must have arrived in Greece with King Otto and his Bavarian court, and probably stayed in Greece for approximately ten years. In this rare work Aldenhoven utilizes his experience from his extensive travels in Greece, by checking the reliability of information derived from various sources. He also includes views of some unusual subjects: Sicyon, Zarex, Ira, Stobizi etc. while the folding road map of Peloponnesus represents one of the first significant topographical efforts during the reign of the Bavarian King Otto.

Modern binding, leather spine-marbled covers. Light spotting mainly on first and last sheets. Low white margin restoration (paper addition) on title page. Blackmer 15, Contominas 7.