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Colombia. Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863, 1827

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Full Title: Carta de la Republica de Colombia. 1827. Gravado en Paris por Darmet calle du Battoir, no. 3. Escrito por Hacq. (Por Jose Manuel Restrepo. Paris, Libreria Americana, 1827)

Author: Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863

Date: 1827

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Author: Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863

Date: 1827

Short Title: Colombia.

Publisher: Paris: Libreria Americana

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 49

Object Width cm: 60

Scale 1: 5,500,000

Note: Engraved map. Departmental boundaries hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Covers Gran Colombia including Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador. Prime meridian: Cadiz. Phillips calls this map (A).

Reference: Kapp, K.S. The early maps of Colombia up to 1850, 141.

Country: Colombia ; Ecuador

Full Title: Carta de la Republica de Colombia. 1827. Gravado en Paris por Darmet calle du Battoir, no. 3. Escrito por Hacq. (Por Jose Manuel Restrepo. Paris, Libreria Americana, 1827)

List No: 5597.001

Page No: (A)

Series No: 6

Engraver or Printer: David (Firm : Paris, France) ; Darmet, J. M. ; Hacq, J. M

Published In: Historia de la revolucion de la Republica de Colombia, por Jose Manuel Restrepo, Secretario del Interior del poder ejecutivo de la misma Republica. Atlas. Paris, Libreria Americana, Calle del Temple, no. 69. 1827. (verso of title page) Imprenta de David, Calle del arrabal Poissonniere, no. 6 en Paris.

Publication Author: Restrepo, Jose Manuel, 1781-1863

Publication Date: 1827

Publication Reference: Phillips, 2760; Keniston, p. 267; Leclerc, 1491; Lequiens, Yale, 2127; Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 262816; Rich II, p. 201, Sabin, 70104; Trask, 8140; Watson, 771.

Publication Note: Quarto atlas accompanying 10 text volumes. Contains 13 folded maps, hand col. in outline. First ed. A very rare work, especially when complete with the atlas. As a complete set (10 v. plus atlas) it has appeared by once in the auction records (1978). "A classic work -- dry, factual, authoritative -- by an author who was active in different stages of the revolution and served as Secretary of the Interior of Gran Colombia. Mainly political-military emphasis; written from the viewpoint of New Granada but with good information on Venezuela and Ecuador" (Griffin). "Obra estimada y rara" (Palau). "Basic to the study of the independence in Colombia" (Watson). Printer address in atlas is no. 6, not no. 1 as in text vols. Rumsey Collection copy in original boards, newly backed with calf spine: Historia de Colombia - Atlas - 1827.

Publication List No: 5597.000

Publication Type: National Atlas

Publication Maps: 13

Publication Height cm: 24

Publication Width cm: 19

Image No: 5597001

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