This is a magnificent double-page map of Hungary, the Balkans, Geeece, Grecian Archipelago, extending into southern Italy. The map is filled with a plathora of detail of the topography, rivers, lakes, and towns, cities fortified cities, and villages. The large, uncolored, title cartouche shows the birth of Pegasus from Greek mythology.
1730 Schenk Map of Hungary, Greece, Balkans and Southern Italy
SKU: 2679v
$500.00Price
Title
Regni Hungariae, Graeciae, Moreae, Totius Danubii Adiacentiumque Regnorum nec non Totius Graeciae et Archipelagi
Map Maker Specifics
P Schenk / C Kribber, 1730 c., Amsterdam
Size
19.3 X 23.8 in. plus margins
Condition
Good-fair. On laid paper. Marginal damp staining into the lower portion of the map's issued centerfold area. Marginal notations. Nice original hand-color.