Beschreibung der ehemaligen venetianischen Besitzungen auf dem festen Lande und an den Küsten von Griechenland. Nach dem Französischen des Herrn Grasset Saint Sauveur. Herausgegeben von M. C. Sprengel. Mit einer Charte

Verlag des Insdustrie=Comptoirs

Sprengel, Matthias Christian

Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Andre

Bound together with Felix Beaujour, "Schilderung des Handels von Griechenland, besonders der Stadt Thessalonich" (Weimar, 1801). German translation from the French original "Voyage historique, litteraire et pittoresque dans les isles et possessions ci-Devant Venitiennes du Levant ...", published in three volumes in Paris in 1800 (see EJF collection entry numbers 1938-1940 and 127-129). This German translation is an abridged version of the original. Another German translation was published in Vienna in 1806 (see EJF collection entry number 1384). Comparison between the two German editions shows that the translation described here is a more literal version, which stays closer to the original French, retaining more information and including more detail than the 1806 version. However, the 1806 translation contains a chapter on the city of Corfu ("Beschreibung der Stadt Corfu") which is not found in the 1801 version. Finally, the frontispiece showing a view of Corfu is only found in the 1806 edition. A book review of the 1801 edition was published in "Neue allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek", Band 73, 1 St., (1802), pp. 165-170. References: Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister 375

Andre Grasset de Saint-Sauveur was the French consul in Corfu from 1781-1796.

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Grasset de Saint-Sauveur describes first hand observations from his time as consul in Corfu with information garnered from books by other travellers and historians, like Quarini and Marmora on Corfu and Remondini on Zante. This German translation is an abridged version of the original. In the Preface the publisher explains that certain kinds of information has been left out: historical details concerning Venice rather than the Ionian Islands themselves; information on Greek piracy interrupting the trade in the Levant; and information on the ruling families of the islands and their struggle for dynastic supremacy. The publisher also provides a bibliography of contemporary books on the Ionian isles. Finally, he explains his reasons for substituting the map found in the original French edition with a different, bigger map, based on La Rochette.

Νησιά Ιονίου-18ος αι. Κέρκυρα--1781-1796, Παξοί--1781-1796, Πάργα--1781-1796, Πρέβεζα--1781-1796, Λευκάδα--1781-1796, Ιθάκη--1781-1796, Κεφαλλονιά--1781-1796, Ζάκυνθος--1781-1796, Στροφάδες--1781-1796, Κύθηρα--1781-1796, Αντικύθηρα--1781-1796, Βόνιτσα--1781-1796