[Engraving]. [Mediterranean]. PEETERS (Jacob). [Factitious c - Lot 185

[Engraving]. [Mediterranean]. PEETERS (Jacob). [Factitious collection of 45 copper engravings published by Jacob Peeters]. [Antwerp], [c. 1685]. In-8 oblong (16 x 28 cm.) 45 engravings on 44 f., late 19th c. speckled fawn half-calf, smooth mute spine (flaws including, a crack affecting the engraving, a doubled plate with a small lack in the margins and another with a lack affecting the engraving, soiling and stains). The names of engravers Gaspar Bouttats (b. 1635) and Lucas Vorsteman (1595-1675) appear on some plates, the others are unsigned; some are probably by Jacob Peeters (1637-1695), an Antwerp-based engraver and print publisher, who designed the work. Among the locations depicted: Mediterranean ports (Oran, Algiers, Gibraltar, Tripoli, Malta), views of eastern Mediterranean islands, and Hungary.