Lot 06077

Paper size approx.: 69,8 x 50,2 cm. Condition: Very strong and dark impression on strong paper. Original colors to the outlines. Wide margins. Two wormholes in the margin, on top, along center fold and four quite smaller at left & right edges. Plate folded as issued. A striking and rare beautiful historical chart of Greece and its islands illustrating the expeditions of Alcibiades, an Athenian general who was successful during the Peloponnesian War. The map also covers the boot of Italy, part of Sicily, the western shore of Turkey and part of Crete. The map is decorated with an engraved decorative title cartouche. Zacharakis 3567/2319.