Original Antique Print of Peru, Bolivia & Chile – Lima Cathedral and Views, 1855

Name: Original Antique Print of Peru, Bolivia & Chile – Lima Cathedral and Views, 1855
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-41
Price: 330 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1855
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 32 × 39.5 cm (12.6 × 15.6 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition considering its age. General age-related toning, occasional foxing and minor handling wear. Please study the image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Chile, Peru
Reference: BG-14303-41

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

Western South America on one sheet, a wood-engraved composite print titled "Peru, Bolivia, Chile", published in Germany around 1855. The title is lettered at the top, and each of the eleven views has its own German caption beneath it.

The large central view, captioned "Die Cathedrale in Lima in Peru", shows the twin-towered front of the cathedral across a plaza with a fountain, carriages, horsemen and strolling figures, and a flag at the left. Ten smaller vignettes surround it: an Andean condor on a rock; the cathedral of Chuquisaca (Sucre) in Bolivia, with a fountain in the square; alpacas and llamas among mountains; mounted riders with lances; costume groups from Chile and Bolivia; a thatched conical hut; a long market square in Santiago de Chile lined with arcaded buildings; and a boat on a forested river, captioned as a journey on the Marañón.

Composite sheets of this kind introduced a country or region through its principal buildings, animals and peoples, and this one covers three countries of the Pacific coast in a single plate.

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