Descrizione

Veduta tratta da Memorie Istoriografiche delli Regni della Morea, e Negroponte e luoghi adiacenti, edita a Venezia nel 1686; si tratta della rara “editio princeps” dell’opera, che mostra le nuove città conquistate dai Veneziani agli Ottomani. Atabey così descrive l’opera: “This is the work Coronelli is best known. It is a propaganda exercise on behalf of Venice, displaying the new Venetians possessions reconquested from the Turk. Coronelli took the plates already engraved for the “Conquiste” and added new material to prepare this work on the Morea”. Taken from Memorie Istoriografiche delli Regni della Morea, e Negroponte e luoghi adiacenti, Venice, 1686; rare “editio princeps” of the work, showing the new cities conquered by the Venetians to the Ottomans. Atabey describes it: “This is the work Coronelli is best known. It is a propaganda exercise on Behalf of Venice, displaying the new possessions reconquested Venetians from the Turk. Coronelli Already Took The plates engraved for the" Conquest "and added new material to prepare this work on the Morea.” Cfr. Bibliografia: Blackmer 408; Atabey 286.