Air France Jet Age Planisphere Lucien Boucher

Original vintage travel poster for Air France Le Plus Grand Reseau du Monde / The Largest Network in the World featuring a colourful planisphere map design by the notable French artist and illustrator Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) with illustrations of flora and fauna, people in traditional dress, notable buildings and landmarks such as an Asian pagoda, Eskimo in an igloo, the Statue of Liberty in New York and modern city skyscrapers in South America, statues, birds, animals and mythical creatures including a dragon, deer and elephant, depictions of industry and agriculture, oil rigs, mountains, ships at sea and planes flying over the oceans with a compass point and birds flying by the Air France seahorse (pegasus / hippocampe aile) on the Atlantic / Atlantique Sud Ocean, all surrounded by images representing the continents on a pink border including ancient ruins, polar bears, safari animals, clouds, penguins and a volcano, the title in a scroll style frame on the side below. Horizontal. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper loss on top right corner, minor staining, minor trimming on bottom edge, backed on linen.