Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Plan of Athens. No. 12
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Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Date:
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1784
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Short Title:
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Plan of Athens. No. 12
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Publisher:
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G.G. & J. Robinson
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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22
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Obj Width cm:
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32
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Scale 1:
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2,534
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Note:
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Copper Engraving plan of Athens. Includes the Long Walls, build to protect merchants as they passed from Athens to the port city of Piraeus. Also includes explanation of the references. Shows roads, temples, landmarks, and other major buildings including Academy of Plato. Relief shown by formlines.
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Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Country:
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Greece
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City:
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Athens (Greece)
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Full Title:
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Plan of Athens, for the travels of Anacharsis, May 1784. T.Cook, Sc. (By M. Barbie du Bocage). (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. 12. Vol. II. p.201.
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List No:
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2684.016
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Page No:
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12
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Series No:
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16
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Engraver or Printer:
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Cook, T.
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Publication Author:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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Pub Date:
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1793
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Pub Title:
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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).
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Pub Reference:
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cfP3049.
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Pub Note:
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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.
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Pub List No:
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2684.000
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Pub Type:
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Classical Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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30
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Pub Height cm:
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28
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Pub Width cm:
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21
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Image No:
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2684016
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Authors:
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Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis
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