Plan de L’Academie (Athens) 1790

Antique plan of the Athens academy published in Paris in 1790. The plan is titled Plan de L’Académie et des ses Environs. It is plate No 6 from the set.

The plan was published as part of Recueil de cartes géographiques , plans, vues et médailles de L’Ancienne Grece, Relatifs au Voyage du jeune Anacharsis; Précédé d’une Analyse Critique des Cartes. The work was published by Barbie du Bocage, Parisian bookseller who did publications for Monsieur Frére du Roi ( the Kings Brother). They where also cartographers and cosmographers in the 18th and 19th century.

The overall size is 9 1/2 by 8 inches, with the map area being 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches.

The plan is in good condition for age, paper will show age and marks. Plan has been folded over time and there is a fold line present.