Sicilien und Gros Griechenland
| Reference: | s40323 |
| Author | Georg August von Breitenbauch |
| Year: | 1794 |
| Zone: | Southern Italy |
| Measures: | 320 x 205 mm |
| Reference: | s40323 |
| Author | Georg August von Breitenbauch |
| Year: | 1794 |
| Zone: | Southern Italy |
| Measures: | 320 x 205 mm |
Description
Unusual and very rare perspective map of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, taken from an ideal point south of Capo Passero. The map is taken from Vorstellung der Schauplätze berühmter Begebenheiten aus der Geschichte der vornehmsten Völker des Alterthums: in ein und vierzig Kupfern; nebst deren Beschreibung für die Jugend / entworfen von Georg August von Breitenbauch, Leipzig 1794.
Presentation of scenes of famous events from the history of the most illustrious peoples of antiquity: in twenty-five copper plates along with their description for young people.
Georg(e) August von Breitenbauch (August 28, 1731 in Wilsdruff; † September 15, 1817 in Bucha) was a court lord on Bucha and Saxon-Weimar chamberlain as well as a writer, agricultural economist and scholar. In 1794 he wrote the first German-language topography of Athens, which became the basis of numerous later works.
Etching, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margin, very good condition.
Georg August von Breitenbauch (August 28, 1731 in Wilsdruff; † September 15, 1817 in Bucha)
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Georg(e) August von Breitenbauch (August 28, 1731 in Wilsdruff; † September 15, 1817 in Bucha) was a court lord on Bucha and Saxon-Weimar chamberlain as well as a writer, agricultural economist and scholar. He was the son of Heinrich August von Breitenbauch, hereditary lord of Bucha, Schkortleben and Oeglitzsch, royal Polish and electoral Saxon privy councilor and directeur des plaisirs (court marshal) at the Dresden court († June 18, 1747 in Paris), and Sophia Augusta née von Schönberg. Georg August had ten siblings. From 1749 to 1753 he studied at the University of Jena. After his studies he undertook an extensive journey through France. In 1754 he stayed in Berlin, where he made the acquaintance of Lessing. Later he also met Goethe and Herder. From 1784 he was a member of the Erfurt Academy of Non-Profit Sciences, and from August 15, 1808, an honorary member of the Pegnesian Order of Flower, a Baroque linguistic and literary society. In 1794 he wrote the first German-language topography of Athens, which became the basis of numerous later works.
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Georg August von Breitenbauch (August 28, 1731 in Wilsdruff; † September 15, 1817 in Bucha)
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Georg(e) August von Breitenbauch (August 28, 1731 in Wilsdruff; † September 15, 1817 in Bucha) was a court lord on Bucha and Saxon-Weimar chamberlain as well as a writer, agricultural economist and scholar. He was the son of Heinrich August von Breitenbauch, hereditary lord of Bucha, Schkortleben and Oeglitzsch, royal Polish and electoral Saxon privy councilor and directeur des plaisirs (court marshal) at the Dresden court († June 18, 1747 in Paris), and Sophia Augusta née von Schönberg. Georg August had ten siblings. From 1749 to 1753 he studied at the University of Jena. After his studies he undertook an extensive journey through France. In 1754 he stayed in Berlin, where he made the acquaintance of Lessing. Later he also met Goethe and Herder. From 1784 he was a member of the Erfurt Academy of Non-Profit Sciences, and from August 15, 1808, an honorary member of the Pegnesian Order of Flower, a Baroque linguistic and literary society. In 1794 he wrote the first German-language topography of Athens, which became the basis of numerous later works.
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