Atlas Geografico Del Peru
Paris: Libreria de Fermin Didot Hermanos, 1865. Edition: First Edition, Binding: Contemporary marbled boards rebacked skillfully in half calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands and gilt ruling. Gilt title on two. , Notes: Text in Spanish. Title in black and red ink. The earliest atlas of Peru including plans, views, meticulous maps, along with statistical and geographical facts on Peru by geographer, political figure, and most renowned 19th century Peruvian historian Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821-1886). In this atlas, Paz Soldan clearly draws inspiration from Humboldt's great atlases of America. A number of the plates here were engraved after daguerreotypes. The atlas depicts Paz Soldán’s hometown of Arequipa in a magnificent large folding lithograph. He published his great atlas of the republic of Peru, and, in 1868, the first volume of his history of Peru after the acquisition of her independence. A second volume followed, and a third, bringing the history down to 1839, was published after his death by his son., Size: Folio (530x382mm), Illustration: Illustrated with 74 finely hand-coloured plates, including maps, plans (some folded), and portraits of Peruvian Indians. Plates 50 and 51 are bound together. , Provenance: Ex Libris Antony House. , References: Phillips, Maps of America, p. 696; Sabin 59325, Palau 215886, Pages: Half Title, Blank, Title, 1-82, Plates. , Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Plate Books Colour;. A fine and handsome copy, text and plates clean and crisp. Bottom right hand corner of of first four leaves restored. Item #B4681
Edition: First Edition, Binding: Contemporary marbled boards rebacked skillfully in half calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands and gilt ruling. Gilt title on two. , Notes: Text in Spanish. Title in black and red ink. The earliest atlas of Peru including plans, views, meticulous maps, along with statistical and geographical facts on Peru by geographer, political figure, and most renowned 19th century Peruvian historian Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821-1886). In this atlas, Paz Soldan clearly draws inspiration from Humboldt's great atlases of America. A number of the plates here were engraved after daguerreotypes. The atlas depicts Paz Soldán’s hometown of Arequipa in a magnificent large folding lithograph. He published his great atlas of the republic of Peru, and, in 1868, the first volume of his history of Peru after the acquisition of her independence. A second volume followed, and a third, bringing the history down to 1839, was published after his death by his son., Size: Folio (530x382mm), Illustration: Illustrated with 74 finely hand-coloured plates, including maps, plans (some folded), and portraits of Peruvian Indians. Plates 50 and 51 are bound together. , Provenance: Ex Libris Antony House. , References: Phillips, Maps of America, p. 696; Sabin 59325, Palau 215886, Pages: Half Title, Blank, Title, 1-82, Plates. , Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Plate Books Colour;.
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