Dept. de L´Orne

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Article ID EUF2473

Title

Dept. de L´Orne

Description

Decorative hand-colored map showing the Orne region with the city of Alençon, with a magnificent border depicting scenes of the countryside and its people. Map index on the left and right, coat of arms at 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)29,5 x 42 cm
ConditionPerfect condition
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueSteel engraving