COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Date:
1785
Short Title:
Plan of the Academy and its environs. No. 10
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
19
Obj Width cm:
19
Scale 1:
32,000
Note:
Colored fascinating 1784 plan of Plato's Academy in Athens, ancient Greece. The map covers the vicinity of the Platonic seat of learning in ancient Athens. Relief shown by hachures and formlines.
Reference:
cfP3049.
Full Title:
Plan of the Academy and its environs : for the travels of Anacharsis. By M. Barbie du Bocage. May 1784. T. Cook, Scalp. (to accompany) Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece ... Second Edition ... M.DCC.XCIII. (1793). (on upper margin) No. 10. Vol. II. p.107.
List No:
2684.014
Page No:
10
Series No:
14
Engraver or Printer:
Cook, T.
Publication Author:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
Pub Date:
1793
Pub Title:
Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian Era. Second Edition. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and for L. White, Dublin. M.DCC.XCIII. (1793).
Pub Reference:
cfP3049.
Pub Note:
2nd edition with 30 folded plates of maps and views, table of contents, and text, titled "Critical observations on the maps of ancient Greece: compiled for The Travels of Anacharsis the younger. By M. Barbie du Bocage": pages. 5-51." Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who traveled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCE. Includes detailed study of the architecture of Classical Athens, superbly illustrated with plans and views. Some plates are outline hand colored. Bound in half leather, marbled paper covers.
Pub List No:
2684.000
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Pub Maps:
30
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
2684014
Authors:
Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Plan of the Academy and its environs. No. 10
