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Crete (Greece)."Insula Creta nunc Candia ... cum ... Aegei maris Insulis inprimis Nova Santorini Insula". Orig. copper-engraving, T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, ca. 1750. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche with a coat-of-arms,...
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Crete (Greece)."Insula Creta nunc Candia ... cum ... Aegei maris Insulis inprimis Nova Santorini Insula". Orig. copper-engraving, T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, ca. 1750. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche with a coat-of-arms, ornamental cartouche with the scale of map and explanatory notes, and a view of Chania ("Creta nunc Candia") at the bottom. 49:57,5 cm (19 1/4 x 22 3/4 inch.).
Zacharakis: A catalogue of printed maps of Greece 1477-1800, 2nd edition, 1992; map nr. 1380. - A very decorative map of Crete. - Cutted closely to the desk, margins yet in the 18th century added.