Antique Map of South America by V. Levasseur, 1854
€ 300
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1854
Mapmaker / artist
Victor Levasseur (Artist)
Sheet size
35.5 × 52.5 cm (14.0 × 20.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-05614/14
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. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America in a decorative French atlas sheet, "Amerique Meridionale," drawn by Victor Levasseur for the Atlas National de la France Illustre and published in Paris by A. Combette in 1854. It is an original engraved map with hand color, and the title runs across the top margin.
The map itself fills a central panel, with the states colored in outline from Colombia and the Guianas through Brazil, Bolivia and Peru to Chile and the Rio de la Plata, and the Atlantic and Pacific lettered across the oceans. Levasseur's atlases are known for the scenes that surround the map, and here the borders are filled with South American subjects: a horseman among wild horses at the left, a standing native figure beside a statistical table of the states, with their populations, capitals and areas, a palm and a leaping jaguar at the right, figures resting by a river, and a distant domed city below mountains. A block of text runs beneath the map.
The mid-nineteenth century French view of South America combined a working geographical reference with a picturesque survey of its people, animals and landscapes, and this sheet carries both.
