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Maps, plans, photographs and illustrations of individual towns, cities and regions in Greece.

This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

'Athens Lanthorn of Demosthenes Port of Phalarea'.
'London Printed for Rob[er]t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street'

Anon.

'PI. 4.' from an unidentified publication.

'View of a Turkish Mosque on the river Peneus, with a distant prospect of the City of Larissa'.
'Engraved for Millar's New Complete and Universal System of Geography'
'White sculp.'

[From George Henry Millar, 'The new and universal system of geography [... ]' (London: Hogg, 1783) (Sitwell, 'Special Geography', pp. 380-382).]

'Eleusis'
[Title repeated in German and Cyrillic]

'Lemaitre sc'
[ ] Lemaitre
[Probably Augustin François Lemaitre]

'35' endorsed in top right corner.

'Ruins of Athens'.
'Metz del.'
'Heath Sculp'

[ ] Heath after [ ] Metz.
Heath, three generations of engravers, second half 18th century to first half 19th century.

Eleven reproductions of photographs and drawings, one lithograph, and one map of Athens and of notable buildings at Athens, mounted on one sheet.

• 'Entrance to the Convent of the French Capuchins, Athens'; 'After the Etching by C[harles]. Méryon'
• 'The Stadion'
• 'Athènes.'; 'Dess d'après [N]at. et Lith. par Th Du Moncel.- Fig. par H. de Rossi'; 'Imprimé par F. Appel, 12, rue du Delta, Paris'; lithograph; 50.3 x 34.2 cm on 52.7 x 37.9 cm sheet; [Vicomte Théodore Achille Louis Du Moncel (called Dumoncel) (1821- 1884), lithographer, published 'Athènes monumentale et pittoresque' (1846) (Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, ‘Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart’ (Leipzig: Engelmann, E.A. Seemann, 1907-1950), 25, p.56.)]
• 'General View of Modern Athens looking towards the Acropolis'
• 'View of Athens from the Acropolis (Lycabettos in the [ ]' [incomplete, parts missing]
• [Panorama of the Acropolis and wider environs] [Incomplete, parts missing at the right end]
• 'Athens'; 'Drawn by W. S. Clarke Arch[itec]t'; 'Engraved by J. Henshall'; 'Published by Baldwin & Cradock, [... ], Nov[embe]r 1.1832'; 'Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'; 'From the Authorities of Colonel Leake and C. R. Cockerell [... ]'; J[ ] Henshall after W[ ] S[ ] Clarke; [Society for the Diffusion [... ]: 'A series of maps, modern and ancient under the supervision of the Society [... ]' (London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1829-1835) (Library of Congress, Atlases, No. 753)]
• 'The Academy'; 'Theophilus Hansen, Architect'
• 'The University'; 'The Elder Hansen, Architect'
• 'Syntagma Square'
• 'Temple of Jupiter, Athens'; 'From a water-colour Drawing by Sir Robert Smirke, in the Institute [Royal Institute of British Architects] Collection'
• 'Schliemann's House in the University Boulevard'
• 'The Stadion'

Various authors; anon.

'Cities Exhibition No. 770'

'Mistra.'
'Sir W. Gell del.'
'I. M. Baynes Lithog:'
'Printed by C. Hullmandel.'
'London: Pub: by Longman, Rees, Hurst, Orme & Co.'

I[ ] M[ ] Baynes after William Gell.

Perspective view of modern Athens.

'View of Athens'

Anon.

'Fig. 2' from Patrick Geddes, 'Civic Survey of Edinburgh' (1910).

Reproduction of a drawing.

'The "Jupiter" of Elis: Restored'
'From a drawing by Mr. A. C. Conrade'

Two photographs of plans for a town extension of the city of Athens, mounted on one sheet.

'Athènes Plan Preliminaire pour le Développment et I'Extension de la Ville'

• 'Plan montrant les limites de la ville aux diverses epoques de son histoires'; 27.1x 40.5 cm
• 'Plan montant les tramways et le chemin de fer souterrains dans leur tracé et leurs relations'; 28.7 x 40 cm

'T. H. Mawson et fils City Planners Londres, Lancaster, [ ] et New York'

Plan of the excavations at Olympia, surveyed by W[ ] Dőrpfeld.

'Plan der Ausgrabungen von Olympia, aufgenommen von W. Dörpfeld'

Anon.

Scale: 3 centimetres to 80 metres

From 'Meyers Konv[ersations].-Lexikon, 4. Aufl[age]. Bibliographisches Institut in Leipzig'.

'Gate of Mykenae' endorsed in manuscript in pencil underneath image.

Anon.

Plan of city and harbour.

'Piraeus.'

Anon.

'Cities Exhibition No. 755 lent by Architects' War Committee'

'Plan of the Palace of Tiryns (11th Cent[ur]y B.C?)'

Anon.

Scale: 1 centimetre to 10 feet

[Cities Exhibition.]

Map of Athens showing sites of excavations and locations of buildings of ancient Athens.

'Athens'
'Letts, Sou & Co Limited, London'

Anon.

Scale: 8 inches to 1 mile

Inset: 'Acropolis of Athens'.

'Panorama of Athens from the original drawing of C. R. Cockerell [... ]' around top and side margins.

In the bottom margin line drawings of notable buildings and monuments on the Acropolis and two views of the Acropolis.