Spain Portugal Pyrennes Balearic islands 1859 Dufour Dyonnet fine huge map
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & PrintsEspagne et Portugal.
(Spain, Portugal, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Straits of Gibraltars, Pyrenees Mountains, Anatolia, Cataloia, Leon).
Issued 1859, Paris, by A.H. Dufour.
Monumental and beautifully engraved mid-19th century map with original hand color. Beautifully engraving technique, lovely original hand coloring.
A very large, oversized map, which is not to be confused with similar maps of this era which are typically half this size.
Original fold line as issued, printed on thick heavy paper.
Sheet measures c. 24 1/8" H x 33 5/8" W.
Printed area measures c. 21 3/4" H x 29 1/2" W.
Tooleys Dictionary of Mapmakers , v. 1, p. 396.
[R18685].