Name: Antique Map-GULF-OF-LION-SOUTHERN FRANCE-PROVENCE-Capitaine-c.1810
SKU: PICTURA-06919
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Antique Map-GULF-OF-LION-SOUTHERN FRANCE-PROVENCE-Capitaine-c.1810

€345.00

‘”MITTELLANDISCHES MEER”‘

– Map of the Gulf of Lion and the Mediterranean coast from San Remo to Torroella de Montgr? in Catalonia, with geographical features, towns, rivers, and administrative boundaries, with fine engraving and hand-coloring.

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SKU: PICTURA-06919 Category: France Tag: Maps

Description

Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 77.5 x 61 cm (30.51 x 24.02 inch). Image size: 75 x 54.5 cm. (29.53 x 21.46 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Minor toning and creases, slight foxing, original fold lines as issued, strong impression and well-preserved. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GULF OF LION, 19TH-CENTURY MAPS, FRENCH CARTOGRAPHY, LOUIS CAPITAINE, MEDITERRANEAN COAST, ANTIQUE MAPS, GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY | MAPS-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

German edition of Louis Capitaine’s Carte generale de la France series. (180 feuilles), Paris, rue Serpente n?17, c. 1810.

Biography artist: Louis Capitaine (1749-1797) was a French cartographer who succeeded Cassini de Thury in directing the Carte de France project (1784). He produced the first map to include the new administrative divisions of France after the 1789 Revolution.