Map of North America - Original Tardieu and Vuillemin Engraving - 1858
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  • Map of North America - Original Tardieu and Vuillemin Engraving - 1858
  • Map of North America - Original Tardieu and Vuillemin Engraving - 1858

Map of North America - Original Tardieu and Vuillemin Engraving - 1858

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Original map of North America engraved in intaglio and hand-colored in outline, titled "Amérique Septentrionale" and numbered 24. Engraved by Tardieu, revised and corrected by Alexandre Vuillemin and published at Paris by Furne in 1858.

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Original map of North America engraved in intaglio and hand-colored in outline, titled "Amérique Septentrionale" and numbered 24. Engraved by Tardieu, revised and corrected by Alexandre Vuillemin and published at Paris by Furne in 1858.

The sheet records the North American West in its configuration before the Civil War, with the great territories still undivided, and British Columbia and Russian America to the north.

Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored in outline.
Artist / after: Alexandre Vuillemin (1812-1880), revision and correction.
Engraver / lithographer: Ambroise Tardieu.
Date: 1858.
Source: Published by Furne, Paris.
Dimensions: 20.9 x 16.9 in (53 x 43 cm).
Condition: Good. Central binding fold as usual for the atlas, light toning of the paper and small wrinkles in the margins.

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