Item number: EUR818
Genuine Antique Hand Colored Map
1851
Maker: Levasseur.
Antique hand colored map of the department of Landes, France, From the Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departments et des Possessions de la France, Divise par Arrondissements, Cantons et Communea, by Levasseur, 1851. Surrounded by exquisitely detailed engraved illustrations and vignettes, as well as statistical and general information.
Landes is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The major communes are Mont-de-Marsan, Dax, Biscarrosse, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, Tarnos, and Saint-Pierre-du-Mont.
Good to very good overall antique condition, with some toning and foxing (which is heavier at the edges,) and very minor tearing at the outer edges, and minor seam separation at the bottom. Measures approx. 12 x 17.25 inches.
Genuine Antique Map from 1851.
Item Number: EUR818