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an old map, books, and envelopes are sitting on a tablean old map of the country of spain on a wooden tablean old map of spain and portugal with a map of the countryan old map of the world with a line of writing on itan old map of spain and portugal with the borders of the countriesan old map of portugal on the wall of a buildingan old map of the county of wales on a white wallan old map of the kingdom of england and scotlandsix old books lined up in a row on a white surfacethree old books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacefour old books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacethree books are lined up on a white surface with labels on them
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152 - LOPEZ de VARGAS MACHUCA, Tomas.
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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LOPEZ de VARGAS MACHUCA, Tomas. [Geographical Atlas of Spain]. 38 maps of the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish provinces and the Kingdom of Portugal. Madrid, 1810. Five contemporary large 8vo slipcases containing 38 maps divided into sections, mounted on canvas and folded. Boundaries in contemporary colours. Mottled sheepskin, spines decorated with gilt fillets and oval gilt metal fittings, with title and volume number labels in red morocco, gilt. Cases damaged and rubbed, occasionally split at the top; the base of case no. III is brittle. Maps in very good condition. A complete set of 38 maps with borders in period colours, contained in five slipcases, from the second edition of the Geographical Atlas of Spain, published in 1810. The maps are dated from 1765 to 1802. An important atlas, published here as separate sheets, the maps of which were originally produced between 1765 and 1802. The atlas comprises a general map of the Iberian Peninsula, maps of all the Spanish provinces, and a map of the Kingdom of Portugal, all drawn by Don Tomás López. Engraved on copper and hand-coloured at the time, they are adorned with decorative title cartouches and accompanied by texts and tables. They depict administrative divisions, major towns, market towns and villages, monuments and public buildings, roads, rivers and streams, canals and mountainous terrain. Don Tomás López (1730–1802), a Spanish cartographer, began his studies at the Imperial College in Madrid. In 1752, he travelled to Paris to continue his training in cartography under the great French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (1697–1782). There he spent time with, amongst others, Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Manuel Salvador Carmona and Alonso Cruzado. In 1804, the *Atlas Geográfico de España* was published, the first atlas of Spain produced by a Spanish cartographer. After his death, his children published a new edition in 1810, followed by another in 1830. Contents by box: Box I: 1 Spain – 2 Portugal – 3 Madrid – 4 Toledo – 5 Guadalajara – 6 Cuenca – 7 La Mancha Box II: 8 Burgos – 9 Laredo – 10 San Domingo and Logroño – 11 Soria – 12 Segovia – 13 Ávila Box III: 14 León – 15 Ponferrada – 16 Asturias – 17 Palencia – 18 Torro – 19 -Carrión – 20 Reynosa – 21 Valladolid – 22 Zamora – 23 Salamanca Box IV: 24 Galicia – 25 Extremadura – 26 Seville – 27 Córdoba – 28 Jaén – 29 Granada – 30 Murcia Box V: 31 Aragon – 32 Catalonia – 33 Valencia – 34 Balearic Islands – 35 Navarre – 36 Biscay – 37 Guipúzcoa – 38 Álava
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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