[France]. LEVASSEUR, Victor. - Lot 53

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[France]. LEVASSEUR, Victor. - Lot 53
[France]. LEVASSEUR, Victor. Illustrated National Atlas of the 86 Departments and Possessions of France. Paris, A. Combette, 1849. Folio (approx. 53 x 37 cm.), (2) folios, 100 black steel-engraved maps. Aubergine-colored morocco-embossed half-leather with small corners of green vellum from the period, smooth spine, gilt title, gilt and blind-stamped fillet, gilt title in the center of the upper cover. (gilded iron tooling with ivy branches) (binding worn, out of block, one tear on the spine, slight foxing and marginal soiling, tear without loss on the map of the Vosges, slight oxidation of the title). This beautiful atlas consists of 100 maps distinguished by their illustrated margins, including 92 depicting the departments of France and its colonies, a map of France in 1849, a planisphere, and 6 maps of the continents. Colored using stencil and hand-painted techniques. A fine copy.
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