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Auction 120, Lot 6
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"Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departments et des Possessions de la France Divisee par Arrondissments, Cantons en Communes", Levasseur, Victor

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1852 (dated)

Publication: Atlas National Illustre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.25 x 11.5 inches
41.3 x 29.2 cm
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Attractive title page from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century. Steel engraved scenes by Eugene Duchezs surround the script title and are enclosed in a border of tree branches and grapevines. The page is filled with infantry and naval battle scenes, portraits of Charlemagne and Napoleon, armor and weaponry, ballooning, an early railroad engine, a river god and goddess and a group of cherubs engaged in a variety of scientific and artistic pursuits.

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Condition: B+

Short, closed marginal tear at bottom margin, a little soiling in wide, blank margins. Stamp on verso with no show through.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 7/18/2007

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