Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1875
Sheet size
61 × 56 cm (24.0 × 22.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12257-49
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
General age-related toning, minor wear. Original folding line, blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
A map of Brazil and the neighboring countries, titled "Carte du Brésil et d'une partie des pays limitrophes," drawn by A. Brué and revised by E. Levasseur, from Levasseur's Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique, published in 1875. The sheet is printed from an engraved plate with outline color, in a decorative chain-pattern border.
Brazil fills the sheet with its provinces in pastel pink, yellow, green, blue and orange, the Atlantic coast running down from the Amazon mouth to the River Plate. The rivers are drawn in great detail, the Amazon and its tributaries across the northwest and the São Francisco through the interior. A small fold-out panel is attached at the upper left to carry the western Amazon region and the border with Peru, so that the whole country fits on one sheet. The title block, bottom right, includes a scale bar, and the imprint names Ch. Delagrave at the Institut Géographique de Paris as publisher.
The map shows Brazil in the years of the Empire, with its provinces rather than the later states.
