VUE DE L’INTERIEUR DE LA GROTTE D’ANTIPAROS.

A beautiful picture of the spectacular grotto at Antiparos. Impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations dominate the scene, whilst groups of men explore the cave holding flaming torches. Stock number 6855 shows the entrance to the same grotto.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast of Asia Minor, and of his travels on the mainland, was immediately acclaimed on publication in 1778. According to Brunet, it was incontestably the most beautiful production of this kind seen until then. Choiseul-Gouffier's work offered for the first time, illustrations of remote places that complemented the scrupulously researched narrative.

Fine condition with good wide margins.