Rare Antique Map-ANTILLES-PORTO RICO-CURACAO-Jean Baptiste Poirson-Tardieu-1803

Price: € 747,50

Subject: Map: 'Carte des Iles Antilles. Par J.B. Poirson.' (Map of the Antilles.) Detailed map showing: Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Barbados, Antigua, Saint Martin, Martinique, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, and part of the Dutch Antilles including Curacao. Very rare.

Condition: Good. General age related toning. Original fold lines from binding as issued. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving and etching on a verge type hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 50.5 x 42 cm. The image size is ca. 45.5 x 38.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 19.9 x 16.5 inch. The image size is ca. 17.9 x 15.2 inch.

Part Number: 35332

Location: B17-06

Description: This scarse map originates from: '?Statistique generale et particuliere de la France et de ses colonies..., par une Societe de gens de lettres et de savans. Collection de 19 tableaux et 9 grandes cartes enluminees, dessinees par J. H. Poirson, dirigees et gravees en taille-douce par J. B. P. Tardieu l'aine, B. Tardieu, et autres artistes.?', by Pierre-Etienne Herbin de Halle, ed. P. F. Buisson, 1803-1804. (transl.: General and particular statistics of France and its colonies...) Very rare.

Artists and Engravers: Carthographer: Jean-Baptiste Poirson (1761-1831) was a reknown French cartographer active between 1790 and 1830. Engraver: Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu l'Aine.