VUE DE LA VILLE ET DE L’ÎLE DE SIPHANTO.

A very pretty view from the sea, looking towards the impressively mountainous island of Sifnos. Fishermen lay a net in the foreground, various sailing ships and smaller boats join them at sea.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.

Very good condition despite a few small marks on top margin, not affecting image. Good wide margins.