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[2]pp. Sixty-eight plates, including forty- one maps and plans, many colored or tinted. Lacks four or six plates (see note below) and the entirety of the accompanying text (81pp.). Large folio. Contemporary half calf and red boards, spine gilt. Slight worming to imprint on titlepage; publication date effaced. Moderate to heavy foxing to three plates, but generally quite clean. Very good. This magnificent atlas by Peru's most eminent 19th-century historian contains numerous maps, city plans, views, groups, scenery, etc. The author obviously drew inspiration from both Alexander von Humboldt's grand works on America, as well as contemporary daguerreotypes, from which many of the plates were made. Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821- 1886) was a Peruvian historian and geographer. He was born at Arequipa, Peru, and one of the stunning plates in the ATLAS is a large folding view of that city. Phillips calls for seventy-two plates, while Palau calls for seventy-four; copies on OCLC are listed with seventy-two, seventy-three, and seventy-four plates. PALAU 215886. PHILLIPS ATLASES 2769. SABIN 59325. Seller Inventory # WRCAM41059
Title: ATLAS GEOGRAFICO DEL PERU
Publisher: Paris
Publication Date: 1865
Seller: LibreriaElcosteño, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
blanda. Condition: New. IMAGENES: En caso que no exista imagen de tapa. no dude en solicitarla. Ejemplar Nuevo. Seller Inventory # 622970471
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
This magnificent atlas by Peru's most eminent 19th-century historian contains numerous maps, city plans, views, groups, scenery, etc. The author obviously drew inspiration from both Alexander von Humboldt's grand works on America, as well as contemporary daguerreotypes, from which many of the plates were made. Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821-1886) was a Peruvian historian and geographer. He was born at Arequipa, Peru, and one of the stunning plates in the ATLAS is a large folding view of that city. Phillips calls for seventy-two plates, while Palau calls for seventy-four; copies on OCLC are listed with seventy-two, seventy-three, and seventy-four plates. PALAU 215886. PHILLIPS ATLASES 2769. SABIN 59325. [2]pp. Sixty-eight plates, including forty-one maps and plans, many colored or tinted. Lacks four or six plates (see note below) and the entirety of the accompanying text (81pp.). Large folio. Contemporary half calf and red boards, spine gilt. Slight worming to imprint on titlepage; publication date effaced. Moderate to heavy foxing to three plates, but generally quite clean. Very good. Seller Inventory # 41059
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Seller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
Halbledereinband des 19. Jahrhunderts mit marmoriertem Buchdeckeln u. Lederecken, Titel in Golddruck auf Rücken mit floraler Verzierung und 5 Bünden, marmoriertes Vor- und Nachsatzpapier, Schmutztitel mit Eckabriss, Titelblatt mit Bibliotheksstempel, Textseiten mit großem Wasserfleck in der oberen Blatthälfte sowie stockfleckig, Vorwort von M. F. Paz Soldan vom 4.10.1861. 81 Seiten Text (wie üblich ohne das Zwischenblatt 55/56), 65 von 68 nummerierten Laminas (71 von 73 Tafeln insgesamt) mit lithografischen Ansichten, Karten, Landschaftsprofilen und Stadtplänen. Die nummerierten Laminas 18 und 35 wurden mehrfach vergeben (bis, ter). Es fehlen 3 Laminas: Lamina 1 "Mapa general del Peru", lamina 29 "Departemento de Huancavelica" und lamina 42 "Vista panoramica de la ciudad de Arequipa", die hier aber nicht eingebunden war. Die lithographischen Ansichten und Karten sind zumeist sauber mit Ausnahme einiger Ränder und der gebräunten Lamina 36. Lamina 65 mit einem Strich Druckerschwärze. Lam. 53 und 54 mit fachgerecht hinterlegtem Einriss. Buchgröße: 53,5 x 39 cm. Atlas del Perú en semicuero con titulo en letras doradas en la espalda. Titulo con sello de libreria, 81 p. texto con mancha de agua en la esquina, 65 (de 67) laminas litograficas con vistas, planes, mapas y perfiles de paisajes. Las laminas limpias, lam. 65 con una raya de tinta de imprenta, lamina 53 y 54 con corte restaurada, lam. 36 obscurecido. Dimensiones del Atlas: 53,5 x 39 cm. 31 mapas, 26 planes, 33 panoramas & vistas en litografia, 1 vista, 16 perfiles and cortes and 1 diagrama en 71 (de 73) tablas. Large folio (21-1/4 x 15-3/4 inches; 53,5 x 39 cm.), marbled boards, spine & forecorners in green morocco, spine lettered & decorated in gilt between five gilt-ruled raised bands. Textpages with brown waterborder, plates generaly clean some plates with waterborder in the upper corner not effecting views, 1 map browned, 3 maps with repaired cuts. Half-title, title-page with date 1865, [1]-54, 57-81, 1 (table of contents & errata) pp. + 31 maps, 26 plans, 33 lithographic panoramas & views, 1 view, 16 perfiles and cortes and 1 diagram on 71 (from 73) plates. Missing plates 1, 29 and 42. Gewicht: 5 kg. El atlas contiene las siguente mapas: Lam. 1 falta; Lam. 2: Departamento de Amazonas; Lam. 3 Plano que manifiesta los reconocimientos de caminos hechos en el departamento de Amazonas; Lam. 4 Plano de la ciudad de Chachapoyas, Lam. 5 Mapa del departamento de Piura, Lam. 6 Plano de la ciudad de Piura + Plano de la ciudad de Huaraz, Lam. 7 Mapa departamento de Cajamarca, Lam. 8 Plano de la ciudad de Cajamarca, Lam. 9 Vista de Santa Catalina iglesia matriz de Cajamarca + Banos termales de Cajamarca, Lam. 10 Vista del cerro mineral de Hualgayoc, Lam. 11 Mapa departamento de La-Libertad, Lam. 12 Plano de la ciudad de Trujillo, Lam. 13 Plano de la ciudad de Lambayeque, Lam. 14 Vista del puerto de Huanchaco, Lam. 15 Mapa departamento de Ancash, Lam. 16 Vista de la plaza mayor de Huanuco + plaza mayor de Huari, Lam. 17 Mapa departamento de Junin, Lam. 17 bis Mapa de la exploracion de cuatro vias de ferrocarril entre Lima, Jauja y Pasco por ing. Gerrit S. Backus con un perfil, Lam. 18 Plano de la ciudad del Cerro de Pasco, Lam. 18bis Plano de la ciudad de Tarma, Lam. 19 Plano departamento de Lima, Lam. 20 Plano de la ciudad de Lima, Lam. 21 Plano de la ciudad de Chorrillos, Lam. 22 Vista general de Lima, Lam. 23 Vista de la plaza mayor, Lam. 24 Plano de la penitenciaria, Lam. 24 bis Vista de la Penitenciaria + Primer claustro del convento de San Francisco, Lam. 25 Vista de la Catedral + Iglesia de la Merced, Lam. 26 Vista de la Iglesia de San Francisco + Iglesia de San Pedro, Lam. 27 Vista Calle de Mercaderes + Alameda de los Descalzos, Lam. 28 Vista de la torre de Santo Domingo, Lam. 29 falta, Lam. 29bis Plano de la ciudad de Huancavelica, Lam. 30 Mapa departamento de Ayacucho, Lam. 31 Plano de la ciudad de Ayacucho, Lam. 32 Mapa departamento del Cusco, Lam. 33 Plano de la ciudad d. Seller Inventory # 3733
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Seller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Netherlands
The first atlas of Peru containing detailed maps, plans and fine views, together with geographical and statistical information on Peru by the Peruvian historian, geographer and statesman Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821-1886). With 3 full-page tinted lithographed portraits of Peruvian Indians. (plates 35, 35 bis, 35 ter). Further with a large magnificent folding lithographed panorama of Paz Soldan's home town of Arequipa (plate 42, 44 x 154 cm), and a large tinted folding lithographed view titled "Cuadro general de alturas comperativas del Peru" (plate 63). The large coloured mineralogical map titled "Mapa mineralogico del Peru" (plate 62) indicates the gold-mining sites with gold circles. Foxed throughout, two small tears in 2 of the folding maps, but still in good condition. Spine restored. A magnificent atlas of Peru.l Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America II, p. 1; Phillips, Maps of America, p. 696; Sabin 59325; M. Layland, "Cartographic serendipity .", in: The Map Collector 67 (1994), pp. 14-18. Contemporary black half sheepskin, buckram boards with blind fillets and lettering in gold on front board, marbled edges. Rebacked. With title-page printed in red and black, and 50 engraved maps, plans and views (including 20 coloured) and 24 tinted lithographs by F. Delamare. Pages: [2], 82 pp. Seller Inventory # 98UC10YNZ8OA
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Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Edition : First Edition, Contemporary marbled boards rebacked skillfully in half calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands and gilt ruling. Gilt title on two. , 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), Illustrated with 74 finely hand-coloured plates, including maps, plans (some folded), and portraits of Peruvian Indians. Plates 50 and 51 are bound together. , Ex Libris Antony House. , References : Phillips, Maps of America, p. 696; Sabin 59325, Palau 215886, Half Title, Blank, Title, 1-82, Plates. A fine and handsome copy, text and plates clean and crisp. Bottom right hand corner of of first four leaves restored. Seller Inventory # B4681
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