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Carte itineraire physique politique et routiere de l’Espagne et du Portugal: indiquant les trois grandes Regions geographiques les ancines et les nouvelles Divisions
More Info € 600,00This extremely uncommon carte-a-figures map from the 19th century features the Iberian Peninsula and is surrounded with defly engraved figures and representations of places of note in Spain and Portugal. The vignettes flanking the map include Alhambra, Malaga, The Giralda Bell Tower of the Cathedral of Seville, Burgos Cathedral, Tower of Orangers in Seville, St. Nicholas’s Tower in Cordova, the Carmel Convent, Madrid, Lisbon and El Prado in addition to others. The figures below the map include a bull fighter and typical attire for residents of various parts of Spain and Portugal. The map is filled with details of roads, towns and cities, as well as topography and was made as a folding map to assist travelers in the region.
- Dimension: 53,5 x 73 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1840
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Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez: carte de l’isthme dressée sous la direction de Mr. Voisin … et Mr. Larousse
More InfoPrima edizione della mappa ufficiale del Canale di Suez emessa dal suo costruttore la ‘Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez’ e pubblicata a Parigi nel 1866. Si tratta di una grande carta geografica insolitamente decorativa grazie a una bellissima scelta di colori, che aveva lo scopo di promuovere e celebrare uno dei più grandi successi tecnici e ingegneristici della storia. Basata sui piani del direttore del canale, l’ingegnere civile François-Philippe Voisin, la mappa mostra…
- Dimension: 83 x 110 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1866
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Large poster designed in 1970 by Alain Cornic to promote the renowned wines of the Côte d’Or, the Burgundy region in France centered around Dijon. The right side shows a pictorial map of the area embellished by vignettes with historical buildings along with differently colored grape clusters marking the wine production zones. The left side features an allegorical depiction of the wine-making process and includes a portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, a notable…
- Dimension: 145 x 98 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1970
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Decorative pictorial map of North-Western Africa by Lucien Boucher published by the French bank Crédit Lyonnais. Includes color coded list of agencies and coat of Arms on upper right corner. The lovely vignettes show major buildings and landmarks, parks, roads, cities and towns, etc. Credit Lyonnais, founded in 1863, can be regarded as the archetype of the banking modernization desired by Napoleon III. Title framed with decorative cartouche.
Design by Lucien Boucher who is a famous commercial poster artist and illustrator born in Chartres in 1889 and died in 1971. Graduated from the Ecole de céramiques de Sèvres, he began his career as cartoonist for the satiric newspaper Le Rire. In the 1920s he worked actively as poster designer for the movies and the advertising industry. He designed a significant number of lithography’s inspired by the surrealism style. He’s very well known of a series of posters (advertising & world map) designed for Air France- Dimension: 95 x 69 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1950
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Nice example of Sanson’s map of the kingdom of Venice
- Dimension: 49,5 x 37 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1670
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Rare propaganda map quoting Woodrow Wilson published in France to celebrate the entrance of the United States into World War 1
- Dimension: 65 x 100 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1917