1865 · Pari
by Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe
Pari, 1865. [2]pp. Sixty-eight plates, including forty- one maps and plans, many colored or tinted. Lacks four or six plates (see note below) and the entirety of the accompanying text (81pp.). Large folio. Contemporary half calf and red boards, spine gilt. Slight worming to imprint on titlepage; publication date effaced. Moderate to heavy foxing to three plates, but generally quite clean. Very good. This magnificent atlas by Peru's most eminent 19th-century historian contains numerous maps, city plans, views, groups, scenery, etc. The author obviously drew inspiration from both Alexander von Humboldt's grand works on America, as well as contemporary daguerreotypes, from which many of the plates were made. Mariano Felipe Paz Soldan (1821- 1886) was a Peruvian historian and geographer. He was born at Arequipa, Peru, and one of the stunning plates in the ATLAS is a large folding view of that city. Phillips calls for seventy-two plates, while Palau calls for seventy-four; copies on OCLC are listed with seventy-two, seventy-three, and seventy-four plates. PALAU 215886. PHILLIPS ATLASES 2769. SABIN 59325.
(Inventory #: WRCAM41059)