Map, World, Mercator’s Projection, Victor Levasseur, Paris, Mid 19th Century

Victor Levasseur, rue de Malte 24, Paris (geography and statistics)
Laguillermie et Rainaud, Schmitt, A Piat, et al. (engravers)
Lemercier, Paris (printer)
World Map and various other maps
Atlas National Illustré des 86 Départements et des Possessions de La France
[Illustrated National Atlas of the 86 Departments and the Possessions of France]
A. Combette, Rue de la Parcheminerie, No. 15, Paris: 1849 or 1856
Hand-colored engravings
13.75 x 21 inches
World Map (Planisphere), $600

Please inquire as to the availability of other maps from Levasseur’s Illustrated National Atlas or his Universal Atlas. We generally stock his maps of the French departments and the French possessions, a map of France, and a double-hemisphere world map. The world map plansiphere and six maps of the continents (America Septentrional, America Meridionale, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa) are also frequently available.

Various handsome maps, including the world and continents as well as the French departments (regional governmental entities). In each print, a central map is surrounded by an elaborate illustrated collage of images relating to the region, including allegorical figures, famous places and persons, fauna and flora, topographical features, indigenous peoples, and local agricultural and industrial products.

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