Asian Continent – Lithograph
Alexandre Vuillemin 1865 (dated)SGD 1,400
Title
Carte Générale de l’Asie dans la seconde moitié du XIIIe Siècle de notre êre pour servir à l’intelligence du Livre de Marco Polo exécutée d’après les documents fournis par M. G. Pauthier et sous sa direction 1865.
An unusual original 1865 large format original coloured lithographic map of the Asian Continent in the 13rd century based on the travels of Marco Polo from Venice (Venezia), Italy, to China. The map notes ancient cities, rivers, lakes, reliefs and islands. Inset map at the lower central side titled “Carte des Régions Nord-Ouest de l’Empire des Yuen, on Mongols, au 13.eme Siècle, Traduite du Haï-Koue-Thoû-Tchi”.
About the cartographer
Alexandre Aimé Vuillemin (1812 -1880) was an engraver, publisher, and editor based in Paris, France in the middle of the 19th century. Despite a prolific publishing career, much of Vuillemin’s life is shrouded in mystery. In 1852, he married Josephine Caroline Goret and they had at least one child, Ernestine Adèle Vuillemin, later in the same year. What is known is that he studied under the prominent French Auguste Henri Dufour (1798 – 1865). Vuillemin’s most important work is his detailed, highly decorative large format Atlas Illustre de Geographie Commerciale et Industrielle.
The map is professionally framed using high quality and acid free materials
H: 62 cm W: 54 cm
