Civitas Acon Sive Ptolomaida
| Reference: | S40337 |
| Author | Pierre de Boissat |
| Year: | 1659 |
| Zone: | Acre |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 335 x 235 mm |
€350.00
| Reference: | S40337 |
| Author | Pierre de Boissat |
| Year: | 1659 |
| Zone: | Acre |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 335 x 235 mm |
€350.00
Description
Rare plan of Acre - engraved by Jean Picart - intended to illustrate a period when the town was under the control of the Knights of St. John. Shows extensive fortifcations, town plan, buildings and a key identifying significant landmarks.
The work is published in the "Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Orde de S. Jean de Hierusalem, contenant leur admirable Institution & Police...". [Paris, Jacques d'Allin, MDCLIX] by Pierre de Boissat, French translation of the history of Malta by Giacomo Bosio (1544-1627).
The book includes a series of plates showing the cities in which the Knights Hospitaller became most active (Jerusalem, Saint John of Acre, Rhodes, Cyprus and Malta). The plates are variations of illustrations already published in contemporary cartographic works and travel accounts.
Acre or Akko is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World. The City dates its history back to Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BC). In its time, it was one of the major ports in the Middle East, on a par with Alexandria and Constantinople. The town became a part of the empire of Alexander the Great after his conquest of 332 BC. It was later seized by Egyptian King Ptolemy II, who renamed the city Ptolemais in the 2nd Century BC. The name flourished until the Muslim's conquered the City in the 7th Century AD. In 1104, the town was conquered by the Knights of Malta and the town was renamed St. Jean d'Acre. In 1291, the Mamluks invaded and destroyed the City, killing all the remaining Crusaders, ending its ancient history.
Etching, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, small tears in the upper edge, otherwise good condition.
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Pierre de Boissat (1603-1662) was a French military officer, knight, author and poet. He was one of the first members of the Academy of Paris. He translated and published the Aesop's Fables in an illustrated edition, enriched with his own reflections on matters of philosophy and politics. He also translated poems into Latin, and composed elegies and essays on Christian ethics. He is the translator of Bosio's history of the Knights Hospitaller. The edition was edited and expanded by his friend, scholar and author J. Baudoin.
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Pierre de Boissat (1603-1662) was a French military officer, knight, author and poet. He was one of the first members of the Academy of Paris. He translated and published the Aesop's Fables in an illustrated edition, enriched with his own reflections on matters of philosophy and politics. He also translated poems into Latin, and composed elegies and essays on Christian ethics. He is the translator of Bosio's history of the Knights Hospitaller. The edition was edited and expanded by his friend, scholar and author J. Baudoin.
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