225 - Anonymous. The excellent peninsula of Morea and its various provinces. Old and New Description: As well as the most illustrious Republic of Venice up to now... Captain-General Francesco Morosini, in said Morea, the fortunate success of arms. Translated from Italian into German... Nuremberg, Loschge, 1687. 8 leaves, 300 (recte 308) pages. With 24 (instead of 26) copperplate engravings (6 of which are folded several times). 12°. Contemporary parchment binding with linear, blind-tooled cover fillets.

Anonymous. The excellent peninsula of Morea and its various provinces. Old and New Description: As well as the most illustrious Republic of Venice up to now... Captain-General Francesco Morosini, in said Morea, the fortunate success of arms. Translated from Italian into German... Nuremberg, Loschge, 1687. 8 leaves, 300 (recte 308) pages. With 24 (instead of 26) copperplate engravings (6 of which are folded several times). 12°. Contemporary parchment binding with linear, blind-tooled cover fillets. VD17 39:130886L. - First German edition. - In the same year, an almost identical work was published by Hoffmann in Nuremberg. The German translation of a description of the Peloponnese (probably by Vincenzo Coronelli) as well as the military successes of the Republic of Venice under the leadership of Francesco Morosini against the Ottoman Empire. The plates depict cityscapes and fortresses of Nauplia, Passava, Coron, Modon, Calamata, Corinth, and others. According to the table of contents, they do not include the portrait engraving of Francesco Morosini or the copperplate of the city of Novarino. The multiply folded copperplate of 'Napoli' has a tear at the edge, resulting in some loss of image; the plate of Calamata has a narrow tear at the edge. The title page and the three following leaves have small tears in the white margin.