Colorful Vintage 1885 Map of Port of Marseilles, France SHIPS FLAT & FREE!

Description: After more than 60 years of collecting books, it is time to move my collections along to new homes. In 1982 I ran across a 17 volume deluxe edition set of Victor Drury’s 1885 epic work, “History of Rome and of the Roman People.” Drury (1811-1894) was a French scholar who wrote extensively on ancient Roman and Greek civilizations and his books were very detailed and extensively illustrated. This deluxe set was limited to 1000 copies, to subscribers only, and the set is hand printed number 294 of 1000. The book bindings while beautiful, were in poor condition and I planned to work with my older brother who does bookbinding and repair to restore the collection. Over the years, smaller book projects took priority and these sets have sat on one of my shelves, loved and cared for, but not ever restored. Now, my older brother is not able to do the work and it is time to move these items along. Some of the books have pages that are loosely attached and I have decided to recover some of the maps, prints, plates, and prints as they are interesting, historical, and would look great framed. This colorful lithographed map is from Volume III of the set and shows the, “THE PORT OF MARSEILLES.” The map, lithographed by W & AK Johnson, Edinburgh & London, is very detailed and shows aspects of the port from Roman times to then 1877. The map is the original (not a copy) from the book, is printed on linen vellum paper (medium heavy) which measures 11 1/4” x 7 1/2”. The back of the map is blank and has no printing. This is a very clean historical map with great detail and would make for an interesting display. To ensure it arrives safely, it will ship flat and be enclosed in an archival sleeve suitable for long or short term storage. As everything needs to find a new home, I will provide FREE SHIPPING to within the US.

Price: 19 USD

Location: Leland, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-08-16T18:51:26.000Z

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