South America continent Brazil Peru Amazon 1766 Brion decorative old map

Chili, Paraguay, Bresil, Amazones, et Perou.

(South America- Brazil- Chile- Peru)

Issued Paris, 1766 by Brion de la Tour.

Decorative mid-18th century antique map. Engraved with beautiful full original hand color. Map is surrounded by two columns of text which have been separately printed with movable type and then pasted onto the sheet by the publisher as issued.

Sheet remains well preserved, edges slightly worn, minor old paper repair in top blank margin, keeping in mind map is not modern or new, so minor paper flaws unworthy of specific mention are sometimes to be expected. Clean, well-preserved and pleasing example, lovely visual appearance.

Original fold lines as issued.

Sheet measures c. 13 1/8"H x 19 3/4"W.

Printed area measures c. 9"H x 10 1/8"W.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol.1, p. 191.

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