Ancient Greece Macedonia Athens Sparta 1829 Brue large detailed map hand color

Ancient Greece Macedonia Athens Sparta 1829 Brue large detailed map hand color

Carte Generale de la Grece Ancienne et de la Mer Egee, Comprenant aussi la Macedonie, la Thrace et une partie des Pays adjacents.

(Europe, Historical Maps, Balkans, Greece, Crete, Macedonia, Thrace, Epiris, Aegean Sea, Athens, Sparta, Corinth).

Issued 1829, Paris by A. Brue. [Delagrave].

Lovely and uncommon early 19th century folio sheet antique map. Engraved with original hand color, piano key border.

Longitude given from Paris. Small color key indicating political divisions as they then existed.

Minor light offsetting, but overall clean and attractive.

Original fold line as issued.

Sheet measures c. 19" x 24 1/2".

Engraved area measures c. 14" x 20".

[R22043].

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1, p. 199.