VUE DE LA VILLE ET DE L’ILE DE SYRA.

A beautiful view of the Greek island of Syros. The picturesque town covers the slopes and summit of a hill in the background at the centre of the scene. The foreground shows the harbour with two sailing ships and smaller boats at anchor - their crews variously busy with tasks or relaxing and chatting.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.