A scarce relief plan of the gardens of Versailles

BAUERKELLER et C.ie.

Plan de Versailles en Relief.
Darmstadt & Paris, c.1840. Chromolithograph. Sheet 465 x 330mm, dissected and laid on linen, as issued.

Small bookseller's label under publisher's name.

An unusual folding map of the gardens of Versailles, not only printed in eight colours but also embossed, a process Bauerkeller called 'geomontographie'. Above the plan is an elevation of the palace in the same style.
Georg Bauerkeller's company was based in Darmstadt, with an office in Paris, and was active from 1830s - 1860s, publishing maps and small atlases as well as these 3D maps.


Stock ID : 20635