Reise des jungen Anacharsis durch Griechenland: vierhundert Jahr vor der gewöhnlichen Zeitrechnung
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy's 1789 German travel narrative, Reise des jungen Anacharsis durch Griechenland, is a fictional journey through fourth-century BC Greece, issued in Germany for a scholarly readership interested in archaeology and topography. The three plates are a coastal map of Thermopylae with engraved relief hatching, a battle plan of Plataea with a legend and compass rose, and an oval portrait medallion of Solon labelled in Greek. For designers, the hatched terrain and cartographic lettering offer restrained engraved textures and map-style layouts.
