Name: Antique Map-LANDES-FRANCE-Lecocq-Barbier-Walter-Migeon-Bizet-1890
SKU: PICTURA-11528
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Antique Map-LANDES-FRANCE-Lecocq-Barbier-Walter-Migeon-Bizet-1890

€45.00

‘LA FRANCE / LANDES / GRAVE PAR LECOCQ. BARBIER ET WALTER / DRESSE SOUS LA DIRECTION DE J. MIGEON / MIGEON, EDITEUR. IMP. LL. R. DU MOULIN VERT PARIS / ECRIT PAR A. BIZET’

– Antique map of the Landes department in southwestern France, coloured by arrondissement, with portraits of local figures and a town view inset.

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-11528 Category: France Tag: Maps

Description

Medium: Steel engraving with original hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 26.7 x 40.6 cm (10.51 x 15.98 inch). Image size: 26.5 x 38.1 cm. (10.43 x 15 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Remains of holes at top from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANTIQUE MAP LANDES FRANCE DEPARTEMENT 1890 FRENCH ATLAS MIGEON CITY VIEW PORTRAIT ENGRAVING

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From “Nouvel Atlas Illustre: La France et ses colonies”, published ca. 1890 by Migeon.

Biography engraver: Lecocq, Barbier and Walter were 19th-century French engravers.

Biography artist: J. Migeon (fl. 1854-1899) was a notable 19th-century French publisher of decorative atlases. A. Bizet contributed cartographic lettering to many Migeon maps.