Scarce Miniature Map of the Morea, Peloponnesus.

Sandrardt, Jacob. Morea: Peninsula Provincia principale della Græcia, posta sul mare mediterr. verso mezo giono et occidente et verso settenrione confina con il Golfo di Lepanto de la levante con il Mare di Candia: Sottoposto al Turco, quale tiene dde circuito miglia 600, fertile di ogni cosa. Nuremberg Sandrardt Jacob 1686
Copper engraved miniature map of the Morea, Peloponnesus from Sandrart's: Kurtze Beschreibung Von Dem Ursprung/ Aufnehmen/ Gebiete/ und Regierung der Weltberühmten Republick Venedig/ Mehrentheils den Jahren nach/ und in Form einer kurtzen Chronick verabfasset/ Wie auch eine kurtze Beschreibung der vornehmsten Griechischen Provintz und Pen-Insel Morea.
[Description of the origin/absorption/territories/and government of the world-famous Republic of Venice/mostly over the years/and written in the form of a short chronicle/as well as a short description of the most distinguished Greek province and pen island of Morea.]
Black and white, folded, verso blank. Left margin short by cartouche where the map was folded in to the small volume.
Folds 1 horizontal, 2 vertical.

Jacob von Sandrart (1630-1708)
was a German painter and engraver. He started learning the art of printmaking in his uncle's workshop in Amsterdam, at the age of ten and was professionally active principally in Nuremberg. He married an engraver's daughter and they had nine children. One of his daughters also became an engraver. Sandrart was a prolific artist, of whom four hundred signed engravings have survived. He was famous for his portraits of eminent citizens of Nuremberg and for his views and maps of cities in Europe and Africa. He was also the first director of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts.

The plates of the present edition show castles and other locations of the Eastern Mediterranean, in their majority under Venetian rule. There is a patent influence of similar popular engravings, dating from the late 15th century (such as those in the work of Bernard von Breydenbach). Several other prints are copies from works by V.M. Coronelli, J. Spon, T. Porcacchi and others. Sandrart's edition forms part of a series of contemporary publications highlighting Venice's victories in the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian war (1684-1689). [ Ioli Vingopoulou; eng.travelogues.gr]
Zacharakis:3109/2061 145 by 115mm (5¾ by 4½ inches).   ref: 3312  €300