Antique Views of Lima – Iglesia de San Francisco & Iglesia de San Pedro, 1865

Name: Antique Views of Lima – Iglesia de San Francisco & Iglesia de San Pedro, 1865
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-27
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 52.4 × 33.1 cm (20.6 × 13 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition. Sepia tint stone well preserved with sharp detail. Minor foxing and light toning in margins, not affecting the images. Wide margins intact, plate mark visible.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-27

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.

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 of Lima's churches on a single sheet, original lithographs printed in tints from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865. The upper view is lettered "Iglesia de San Francisco" and the lower "Iglesia de San Pedro".

The upper view shows the long church and convent of San Francisco from across an open square, with its twin domed towers and a decorated central portal. The lower view shows San Pedro seen at an angle from the street, a two-towered façade with banded stonework, an ornate central doorway and domed tower tops, with a low walled building at the right and two small figures in the street.

San Francisco dates from the 17th century and is part of Lima's historic center, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. San Pedro was a Jesuit foundation of the same century. 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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