Vintage Design
Seven steel-engravings, ea. c.310 x 410mm. A fine set, in full colour.
Each map with a highly decorative engraved border, with vignettes of costumes and animals, published in one of the last decorative atlases, the ‘Atlas Universel Illustré’.
Each map with a highly decorative engraved border, with vignettes of costumes and animals, published in one of the last decorative atlases, the ‘Atlas Universel Illustré’.
Rather than the usual World and Four Continents, in this set Australasia has a map to itself and North and South America are shown separately.
On the map of North America Texas is a republic; the population table gives it a population of only 200,000.
| Creator |
Victor Levasseur |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer |
Paris: A. Combette |
| Design Period | Before 1890 |
| Year | 1840 |
| Production Period | Before 1890 |
| Country of Manufacture | France |
| Identifying Marks | This piece has an attribution mark |
| Style | Antique |
| Detailed Condition | |
| Product Code | ZHV-1913827 |
| Restoration and Damage Details |
Original outline colour on the maps, the borders with additional colour.
|
| Materials | Engraving |
| Color | Multicolored |
| Width |
4 cm 1.6 inch |
| Depth |
1 cm 0.0 inch |
| Height |
31 cm 12.2 inch |
| Duties Notice | Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order. |
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