COLOMBIA VENEZUELA SOUTH AMERICA 1835 GIROLAMO TASSO ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP

La Colombia o le tre Confederazioni di Cundinamarca, Venezuela e Quito; Par l'Atl. St. Georg. Polit. Letter. di A. Le-Ssge Edit Girolamo Tasso Venezia 1835.

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual copper engraved map of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. The map notes cities, towns, rivers, lakes, reliefs, bays and islands. Lower left a legend-pannel, giving good detail and information.

Souce: Le Sage, Alain Rene. Atlante storico, geografico, genealogico, cronologico e letterario [...] in ogni sua parte corretto, ampliato e proseguito sino all'anno corrente. Venezia: Girolamo Tasso, 1826-40.

Date: 1835 ( dated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 53,1 x 39,8

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map old original colored. Small foxing and browning. Small amrginal tears. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images.

Mapmakers: Girolamo Tasso (?, ? - ?, ?). was a publisher in Venice in the mid-19th century.

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