Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map August2019 Among the earliest large format

Among the earliest large format views of the city produced in the 19th century which is available to the modern buyer

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Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map August2019 Among the earliest large formatLes Isles de L'Archipel Qui Sont vers L'Asie. (Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, Archipel, Rhodes, Crete, Aegean Sea, Aegean Islands). Issued 1683, Paris, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 17th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Decorative cartouche at top right features seated nude figures with banners. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal