Large Saussine Atlas  Puzzle Set, late 19th Century

The Parisian publishing house  SAUSSINE carried on its activities for a century, from 1860 to 1960.The founder  Léon Saussine was manager until his death in 1899, then his widow and his  children will develop and continue the activity. The longevity of this house  leaves a wide field of investigation for collectors due to the large number of  games published, the evolution of the same game over time with a change in  presentation or content ....those Atlas puzzles set are usually a combination of  published atlas from the geographer of the 19th. Most of Saussine’s set  are not  attributed  and can be found with other publishing company. They exhibited at  the World's Fair in 1878 as an educational and parlour games publisher .The  illustration of the front is a Chromolithography , which  a unique method for  making multi-colour prints. This type of colour printing stemmed from the  process of lithography . Chromolithography became the most successful of several  methods of colour printing developed by the 19th century , placing this set late  1800 , most likely 1880 .The political geography of the different map is also  from the  1880/1890 , set forming 6 puzzle maps of the world, Europe, Asia,  Africa, the Americas and France.

2 restoration in South america  , one side on africa , one side in Asia , overall good condition , size 16 x  12.5 x 2.1/4 ( box ) inches

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