Antique Maps of France, Autumn Wheat and Rye, Vienna Exposition, 1873
€ 210
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1873
Mapmaker / artist
Direction de l'Agriculture
Publisher
Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
Technique
Lithograph
Coloring
Printed color
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13538-3
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good condition with overall age toning, scattered foxing and mottled discoloration. Minor marginal marks and a small stain near the lower edge. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
This antique map of France pairs two statistical maps of autumn wheat and rye, drawn up for the French agricultural exhibit at the Vienna Exposition of 1873. The two maps share one sheet from the France Agricole series, autumn wheat in yellow and rye in mauve. Each department is shaded so that the darker the tint the greater the area under the crop, and the extreme departments are named with their hectares given in the cartouche.
The printed observation at the foot states the convention in the makers' own words, so the sheet explains its own method of reading. Wheat and rye together give a clear picture of where France grew its bread grains.
The sheet comes from the folio of maps, plans and drawings that the Direction de l'Agriculture of the French Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce assembled for its own exhibit at the Exposition Universelle held in Vienna in 1873, printed in Paris by the Imprimerie Nationale. The album gathered the statistical cartography, the model state farms, the breed portraits and the prize silver by which France meant to present its agriculture to the world. Its thematic maps belong to the first generation of printed statistical mapping, a field now collected for the history of data visualization quite as much as for the history of farming.
The map is a lithograph printed in color, issued in 1873. The color is printed rather than applied by hand. As a piece of early statistical cartography, this antique map of France suits a study, library, office or country kitchen, and it can be framed on its own or hung as a group with other maps from the album.
The sheet is in good condition, with overall age toning, scattered foxing and mottled discoloration. There are minor marginal marks and a small stain near the lower edge. The toning is the ordinary result of age rather than damage. Please see the images for a full view of the condition.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
