Antique Lithograph View of Lima, Peru – Vista General de Lima 1865

Name: Antique Lithograph View of Lima, Peru – Vista General de Lima 1865
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-15
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 33.9 × 51.5 cm (13.3 × 20.3 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with mild age toning. A few small foxing spots in the wide margins, not affecting the printed image. Strong impression with sepia tint stone. Plate mark clearly visible.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-15

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.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Lima seen from a height above its outskirts, an original lithograph printed in sepia tints from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865. The plate title "Vista General de Lima" is lettered beneath the image, with the running head of Paz Soldán's Geografía del Perú above.

A large oval enclosure dominates the foreground and is most likely the bullring, the Plaza de Toros de Acho. Around it lie orchards and cultivated fields, low roofs and garden walls, and beyond it a long band of tall trees marks an avenue leading toward the city. The town itself stretches across the middle distance, its skyline picked out by church towers and domes, and a range of Andean foothills fades into a pale sky.

The view shows the capital as a compact city still bordered by gardens and farmland. The atlas, printed in Paris by Lemercier, was the first comprehensive national atlas of Peru, combining maps, plans and views of its cities, ports and landscapes.

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