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Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria.
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Description geographique, et historique de la Morée; reconquise par les venitiens. Du royaume de Negrepont, des lieux circonvoisins, et de ceux qu'ils ont soûmis dans la Dalmatie, & dans l'Epire. Paris: Nicolas Langlois, 1687
first french folio edition, folio (350 x 245mm.), 23 folding engraved plates (including large folding map), 4 half-page plates and 24 full-page plates showing 48 subjects, one folding, plate list at end, modern antique-style blindstamped calf, a few plates shaved at edges with slight loss to engraved area, a few (mostly marginal) repairs
Provenance
La marquise J. de Preaulx, armorial ink stamp on preliminary blank
Literature
Atabey 287; not in Blackmer
Catalogue Note
There is a certain amount of confusion surrounding the plates in works by Coronelli because they were added, removed and changed as Coronelli chose; he also used the same series of plates in different combinations which he dedicated to various important political figures in Venice. The four single plates depict Coron, Forte Torreta, Porto di Cerigo and Dardanelli di Lepanto.