Antique Map-Print-MEXICO-COSTUME-ARTEFACT-CERAMICS-CULTURE-DEITY-Larousse-1897

Price: € 52,50

Subject: Sheet: Front: 'Mexique.' (Map of Mexico). Rear: 'Mexique.' (Mexico; people, deity / idols, costume, plants, artefacts, architecture).'

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Irregular left paper edge from binding.

Medium: Colour lithograph using rastering techniques.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 31 x 23 cm. The image size is ca. 27 x 21 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 12.2 x 9.1 inch. The image size is ca. 10.6 x 8.3 inch.

Part Number: 22099

Location: A124-12

Description: This lithographic print originates from: 'Nouveau Larousse Illustre en sept volumes.', Directeur Claude Auge, Paris, published 1897-1904, with a supplement addedin 1907. The Nouveau Larousse illustre (New Larousse Illustrated) was an illustrated French language encyclopedia published by Larousse between 1897-1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. It was essentially a scaled-down version of the 'Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXesiècle.' (Great universal dictionary of the 19th century) of Pierre Larousse, but updated and written in a more neutral, scientific style under the editorship of Claude Auge.

Artists and Engravers: Pierre Larousse (1817-1875). Claude Auge (1854-1924). Plate by Vignerot Demoulin after H. Chartier.