South America Brazil Uruguay Paraguay Argentina Peru 1836 Brue lg. detailed map

Carte du Bresil et D'Une Partie des Pays Adjacents.

(Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, South America, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Guyana, French Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru).

Issued 1836 Paris by A. Brue. [Picquet].

Lovely and uncommon early 19th century folio sheet antique map. Engraved with original hand color, piano key border.

The moveable flap at left is as issued by the publisher. The left edge of it is toned and slightly frayed from having been left open and protruding slightly from the atlas text block in the past.

Longitude given from Paris. 

Minor light offsetting, left corner blank margin corners chipped or creased, flap edge chipped and toned, but map is otherwise overall clean and attractive.

Original fold line as issued.

Sheet measures c. 19" x 24 1/2"

Engraved area measures c. 14" x 20"

[R30467]

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1, p. 199.