Dept. de Maine et Loire.

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Article ID EUF2734

Title

Dept. de Maine et Loire.

Description

Decorative hand-colored map showing the province of Anjou with the Loir River and the towns of Beaupreau, Angers, and Saumur. With magnificent border illustrations of the countryside and its people. Map index on the left and right, coat of arms in the top center.

Year

ca. 1850

Artist

Lemercier / Levasseur (1800-1870)

Cadastre of the War and Bridge Department by V. Levasseur, Geographer Engineer attached to the Cadastre and the City of Paris. Huge Parisian firm of lithographic printers founded by Joseph Rose Lemercier (1803-1887), who began as the foreman for Langlumé in 1825. Working on his own account from 1827, 1829-36 in partnership with Bénard association formed in 1837 according to IFF catalogue for Joseph Lemercier. The firm was still active in 1841.

Place of Publication Paris
Dimensions (cm)29 x 41 cm
ConditionPerfect condition
Coloringcolored
TechniqueSteel engraving