Antique Map of Lima Peru by Isaak Tirion – City Plan with Fortifications, 1769
€ 395
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1769
Sheet size
21.7 × 30.5 cm (8.5 × 12.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14303-25
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, considering its age. General age-related toning, minor marks and wear along the sheet edges. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Lima, the capital of colonial Peru, in an original copperplate-engraved city plan by Isaak Tirion, published in Amsterdam in 1769, with hand coloring. The title is lettered in the upper left corner as "Platte Grond van Lima de Hoofdstad van Peru".
The plan shows the city as a compact triangle of regular blocks laid out on a grid and enclosed by a bastioned wall, with the gates, gardens, convent courts and public squares marked within. Along the lower edge the Rímac River crosses the sheet in blue, with a bridge linking Lima to the smaller settlement on the opposite bank. A numbered key beneath the title identifies the principal buildings, and two scale bars sit at the top of the sheet. Light color is added to the river and its banks, while the surrounding country is stippled.
The walls were built between 1684 and 1687 to protect the wealthy viceregal capital from pirates and privateers operating along the Pacific coast. Tirion was a leading Amsterdam publisher of atlases and city plans, and his firm continued to issue maps after his death in 1765.
