Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map August2019 Beautiful and charming mid-19th century

Beautiful and charming mid-19th century steel-engraved views with gorgeous full hand color

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Greek islands Aegean Turkey Rhodes Crete Dodecanese Lesbos 1683 Mallet map August2019 Beautiful and charming mid-19th centuryLes 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