Lot 08212

[ΚΑΣΤΡΑ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΥ] ANDREWS KEVIN, “Castles of the Morea”, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1953. First Edition, Gennadeion Monographs IV – The American School of Classical Studies at Athens. In tall 4to, p. 274. With 40 full page plates and over 200 black & white illustrations.

This book presents a detailed description of 16 of the larger medieval fortresses in the Peloponnese, occupied by the Venetians during the period 1685-1715. It is also a beautifully written celebration of some of Greece’s most striking, but also least studied, architectural monuments, inspired by a unique collection of 17th-century fortification plans (the so-called “Grimani codex”) preserved in the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Original blue cloth backed boards, gild title; spine rather dull, some edge wear, clean pages and fresh images inside, overall Good condition. Scarce.