Original Antique Map of Peru and Plan of Lima by Henri Abraham Chatelain, 1719
€ 485
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1719
Sheet size
53 × 35.8 cm (20.9 × 14.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14303-27
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 antique condition. General age-related toning and light wear consistent with age. small tear in the folding line. Please study the photographs carefully for the best impression of condition.
About this sheet
A plate on Peru from Henri Abraham Chatelain's Atlas Historique, an original engraving published in Amsterdam around 1719. The long French title across the top reads "Carte Particulière du Pérou, Plan de la Ville de Lima, Description de quelques Plantes, Animaux, & Machines du Pays, Avec l'Habillement des Hommes & des Femmes Espagnoles qui y Demeurent".
The sheet combines several images with text. At the center top is the regional map of Peru, with its coast on the Pacific and the interior lettered "Provinces des Amazones". To its left, an engraved vignette shows a llama and plants with local machines, and to its right a domestic interior with Spanish men and women in the dress of the colony. Across the lower half, the French "Description de Lima" runs in columns around a plan of the city, laid out in a regular grid beside the river.
Chatelain (1684 to 1743), a Huguenot publisher in Amsterdam, built his atlas around such sheets, joining maps with illustrations and explanatory text on geography, trade and natural history.
