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Victor Levasseur

Collection of 1600 Maps from the Atlas National Illustre Des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France

Amable Combette; Pelissier

1845 - 1869

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A collection of 1,600 maps unbound from copies of multiple editions of the Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France magnum opus of French cartographer Victor Levasseur.

  • Sold as a set of 1,600.
  • Victor Levasseur (French).
  • Paris: Amable Combette; Pelissier, 1845–1869. 


Number of maps by department:

Title page: 26

Statistical Table: 7

Ain: 26

Aisne: 27

Algerie: 21

Allier: 27

Alpes Maritimes: 2

Ardeche: 29

Ardennes: 23

Ariege: 21

Aube: 16

Aude: 9

Aveyron: 14

Bas Rhin: 3

Basses Pyrenees: 2

Basses-Alpes: 26

Bes du Rhone: 3

Calvados: 10

Cantal: 16

Charente Infre: 15

Charente: 4

Cher: 12

Colonies Francaise: 34

Correze: 23

Corse: 1

Cote d’Or: 2

Cotes du Nord: 25

Creuse: 31

Deux Sevres: 29

Dordogne: 13

Doubs: 19

Drome: 20

Eure et Loir: 23

Eure: 9

Finistere: 2

France: 7

Gard: 20

Gers: 21

Haut Rhin: 5

Haute Alpes: 12

Haute Garonne: 13

Haute Loire: 28

Haute Marne: 27

Haute Pyrenees: 2

Haute Saone: 32

Haute Savoie: 4

Haute Vienne: 19

Herault: 9

Ile de la Reunion: 28

Ille et Vilaine: 19

Indre et Loire: 12

Indre: 24

Isere: 16

Jura: 15

Landes: 19

Loir et Cher: 22

Loire Infre: 12

Loire: 7

Loiret Infre: 1

Loiret: 14

Lot et Garonne: 23

Lot: 18

Lozere: 33

Lyonne: 15

Maine et Loire: 19

Manche: 1

Marne: 1

Mayenne: 29

Meurthe: 13

Meuse: 26

Morbihan: 16

Moselle: 19

Nievre: 21

Nord: 26

Oceanie: 1

Oise: 32

Orne: 22

Pas de Calais: 18

Puy de Dome: 26

Pyrenees Orles: 26

Saone et Loire: 20

Sarthe: 19

Savoie: 7

Seine et Marne: 18

Seine Inferieure: 14

Seine: 2

Somme: 22

Tarn et Garonne: 30

Tarn: 20

Var: 3

Vaucluse: 22

Vendee: 27

Vienne: 15

Vosges: 25

Maps from other sources: 13


The editions represented here were published between 1845 and 1869 in Paris by Amable Combette (all editions between 1845 and 1858) and Pelissier (all editions between 1859 and 1869). The maps of the Atlas National Illustre are particularly well-known for their ornately engraved borders. The collection includes multiple copies of the maps of many Departements. Thirteen maps included in this collection are from French language sources other than the Atlas National Illustre.

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Mild to moderate age toning and tearing to edges where they were unbound.

Language

French

Subject

History, Maps and Atlases, Archives and collections, French Literature and History, Travel and Exploration, World