230 x 280 mm., early coloured lithograph with large margins in good condition.
A fine view of a market scene in Lima, Peru, fom the 'Atlas Pittoresque' by Abel du Petit-Thouars's which illustrated the 'Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Fregate Venus' published in Paris, 1841. The French in the nineteenth century undertook a number of scientifically orientated voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean. Ferguson (1941-69) no. 2970; Hill (1974) p. 91.
