Catalog Archive
Auction 181, Lot 371

"Plan de la Ville de Lima ou des Rois Capitale du Perou", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Lima, Peru

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.6 x 8.3 inches
34.5 x 21.1 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This attractive city plan of Lima shows streets and fortifications and a numbered key locates 61 places. The compass rose orients north to the lower left corner. The map was engraved by Croisey.

References:

Condition: A

A nice impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the edges.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/10/2021

Archived