122 - [Greece]. DAPPER, Olfert.

[Greece]. DAPPER, Olfert. [Collection of] Naukeurige beschryving van Morea, formerly Peloponnesus [...] Amsterdam, published by Wolfgangh, Waesbergen, Boom, Someren, and Goethals, in the year 1688. In-4 (31 x 19.5 cm), frontispiece, title page, 3 plates (two of which are double-page spreads), and 21 paginated folios of text containing 22 half-page copper engravings. In loose sheets, unbound (wear and a few pinholes) Excerpt from Olfert Dapper’s major work on the Peloponnese and the Adriatic, describing in particular Venice, the Dalmatian coast, and several Greek islands. It includes the frontispiece title page, the title page printed in red and black, 3 plates—two of which are double-page spreads (De Stad en Vesting van Navarino; Platte Gront van de Stad en Fort van Koron... 1685) and one containing two illustrations (a map and a view of the island of Kefalonia), as well as 21 paginated text leaves featuring 22 half-page copperplate engravings (Cassiope; Patras; View of Coron from the Gulf; Zarnata; Chielafa; Passava; Calamata). The work appeared in its first and only edition. Richly illustrated with works by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Jacob van Meurs, Joan Blaeu, and other artists, it was likely published in the context of the War of the Morea (1684–1699) between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire.