1787 Bocage Map of Phocis and Doris, Ancient Greece
PhocisDoris-bocage-1791$175.00
Title
La Phocide et la Doride Pour le Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis.
1787 (dated) 7 x 8 in (17.78 x 20.32 cm)
1787 (dated) 7 x 8 in (17.78 x 20.32 cm)
Description
This is a fine 1787 map of Phocis and Doris in Ancient Greece. The map covers from Mount Parnassus to Boeotica. Doris, a small mountainous region, lies between Mount Parnassus and Mount Oeta. It is surrounded by Thessaly in the north, the Ozolian Locrains in the south, and Phocis in the east. Phocis lies between Doris and the Ozolian Locrains in the west, Opuntian Locris in the north and Boeotia in the east. Prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1787 to illustrate the Travels of Anacharsis.
Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCe. Apparently he made a great impression on the Greeks, who considered him a forthright, outspoken 'barbarian. He is considered a forerunner of the Cynics.
Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCe. Apparently he made a great impression on the Greeks, who considered him a forthright, outspoken 'barbarian. He is considered a forerunner of the Cynics.
Cartographer
Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825) and his son Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848) were French cartographers and cosmographers active in Paris during late 18th and early 19th centuries. The elder Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis, was trained as a cartographer and engraver in the workshops of mapmaking legend J. B. B. d'Anville. At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through is associations with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The younger Barbie du Bocage, Jean-Guillaume, acquired a position shortly afterwards at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in time, became its head, with the title of Geographe du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Barbie du Bocage, J. D., Recueil de Cartes Geographiques Plans, Vues, et Medailles de l'Ancienne Grece, Reelatifs au Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis., (Paris, Chez Sanson et Compagnie), 1791.
Condition
Very good. Original platemark visible. Blank on verso. Dark clean impression.