Coronelli’s Map of Athens, a German Edition Printed Area Measurement_15.5 x 15.5 cm 1806) Sir Walter Scott was

1806) Sir Walter Scott was less than complimentary

b/w strip-maps on verso

coloured to identify the relevant sheet

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour

Presentation copy

Coronelli’s Map of Athens, a German Edition Printed Area Measurement_15.5 x 15.5 cm 1806) Sir Walter Scott wasVorstellung des Alten und Neven Athens, von dem Venetiani schen Geographo Herrn Pat. Coronelli verzeichnet Coronellis plan retains features of the earliest modern map of Athens, which was drawn by French Capuchin monks circa 1670 as a mixture of conventional plan and birds eye view. The first printed version was originally published in Paris in 1675 to illustrate Guillet de Saint George's Athnes ancienne et nouvelle; it also influenced contemporaries