Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History
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November 17, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan
Atlas Géographique de la République du Pérou. Paris: Ad. Lainé et J. Havard, 1865.
Folio (540 x 385mm.), 68 (of 74) plates, including 29 lithographed views and 49 maps and plans (some with multiple plans on one sheet), of which 9 are folding and 4 are hand-coloured in outline, contemporary half morocco gilt, raised bands, lacking6 plates (1, 35, 35 (ii), 35 (iii), 47, 52), spotting and browning, some leaves partially torn, hinges cracked, extremities rubbed
Soldan's Atlas Géographique was the first Atlas of Peru, and contains maps, plans, views, and statistical information.