Antique Plan of Bordeaux with Two Views of the Garonne, 1847
US$742
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1847
Mapmaker / artist
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Publisher
Charles Knight and Co., 22 Ludgate Street, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
35 × 43 cm (13.8 × 16.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-1-6
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
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and right edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
This is an original antique city plan of Bordeaux, steel engraved and published in the atlas of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Bordeaux is drawn along the great curve of the Garonne, with the quays, the Place des Quinconces and the Grand Théâtre all marked, and the eighteenth century boulevards closing the landward side. Two long views sit on the sheet, one taken from the Quai des Salinieres and one from the Quai des Chartrons, both crowded with shipping. The outline and water coloring is original hand color, applied by the publisher before the sheet was bound into the volume.
The sheet is plate number 167 in the third volume of the Society's atlas, Plans of Cities, Stars and Index to Places, published in London by Charles Knight at 22 Ludgate Street in 1847. The Society issued its maps in parts from 1829 onward, and this collected edition was lettered as a new edition corrected to the present time, which is why individual plates still carry their own earlier dates. The plate is lettered as drawn by W. B. Clarke and engraved by J. Henshall.
The two quayside views are what lift this sheet above a plain street plan: they show the wine port at work, with the masts of the trade filling the river. Anyone with a connection to Bordeaux or to the wine trade reads this sheet immediately, and the pair of views gives it a strong horizontal rhythm on a wall. Framed simply in dark wood or a plain gilt frame it suits a study, a hallway or a dining room, and it is a natural gift for anyone with a tie to the place.
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and right edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
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.
