LOPEZ de VARGAS MACHUCA, Tomas. [Geographical Atlas of Spain - Lot 152

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LOPEZ de VARGAS MACHUCA, Tomas. [Geographical Atlas of Spain - Lot 152
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 period large 8vo slipcases containing 38 maps divided into segments, mounted on canvas and folded. Boundaries in period colors. Mottled sheepskin; spines decorated with gilt fillets and oval gilt metal fittings, with title and volume number labels in red morocco, gilt. Cases are damaged and rubbed, occasionally split at the top; the bottom of case No. III is brittle. Maps in very good condition. Complete set of 38 maps with period-colored borders, housed 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, with maps originally produced between 1765 and 1802. The atlas includes 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-colored at the time, they are adorned with decorative title cartouches and accompanied by texts and tables. They depict administrative divisions, major cities, towns, and villages, monuments and public buildings, roads, rivers, canals, and mountainous terrain. Don Tomás López (1730–1802), a Spanish cartographer, began his studies at the Imperial College in Madrid. In 1752, he traveled to Paris to continue his training in cartography under the great French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (1697–1782). There he lived alongside Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Manuel Salvador Carmona, and Alonso Cruzado. In 1804, López published his *Atlas Geográfico de España*, 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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