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Description

Nice example of the first printed plan of the City of Lima, published by Joseph Mulder, in Antwerp in 1688.

The map was likely engraved to illustrate a rare work made for the beatification of Saint Alfonso de Mogrovejo (1538 - 1606) by Francisco Echave y Assu, entitled La estrella de Lima convertida en sol sobre sus tres coronas el B. Toribio Alfonso Mogrobexo. The work was lavishly printed and this plan of Lima was likely prepared to illustrate the book. However, only a few copies of the plan appear to have been printed as the plan is almost always lacking.

By the end of the 17th Century, Lima was an important center; both as the Capital of the Viceroyalty, which controlled most of Spanish South America and as a regional trading center. Mulder's spectacular delineation of Lima, surrounded by coats-of-arms, portraits of saints, animals and views, is the first engraved plan of Lima, cited by Winsor, although it was apparently unknown to Sabin.

Condition Description
Remnants of an old Library stamp.