Antique lithograph views of Tambo de la Joya and Pampa de Islay, Peru – 1865

Name: Antique lithograph views of Tambo de la Joya and Pampa de Islay, Peru – 1865
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-19
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 51.3 × 32.8 cm (20.2 × 12.9 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition. Wide margins preserved, plate mark clearly visible. Light age toning and a few minor foxing spots, primarily in the margins, not affecting the images.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-19

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

Two desert views from southern Peru on a single sheet, original lithographs printed in sepia tints from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865. The upper image is lettered "Tambo de la Joya (en la pampa de Islay)" and the lower "Pampa de Islay".

The upper view shows the tambo, a low roadside station of rough stone and thatched roofs behind a wall, with a flag flying above it and rippled, wind-blown sand stretching across the foreground. The lower view is almost empty: a broad plain of sand ridges under a hazy sky, with a string of pack animals and travelers crossing in the middle distance.

Tambos were rest stops for travelers and muleteers on the long desert road between the Pacific port of Islay and the highland city of Arequipa. The plate is a rare record of inland southern Peru, quite unlike the cities and harbors that fill most of the atlas. 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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