Patmos Medical featuring the island of Skiathos

featuring the island of Skiathos

Original map from an Eighteenth-Century French atlas by B

Engraving Medium: Woodcut engravi

Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician

Dapper’s travel publication

Patmos Medical featuring the island of SkiathosA rare and beautiful view of the island of Patmos, from C. Gouffiers Voyage Pittoresque de la Grce. Auguste de Choiseul Gouffier whose passion for ancient Greece led him to travel to the country in 1776 accompanied by an entourage of prominent artists and scholars. His monumental publication was received with enthusiasm in France. Gouffier was granted membership to the Acadmie Franaise and subsequently became the Ambassador of Constantinople. An