COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Desjardins, Constant
Date:
1843
Short Title:
Covers: Atlas geog.
Publisher:
Lithochromie géographique del’Auteur
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
28
Note:
Covers to [Atlas of Europe by Ct. Desjardins]. Bound in board decorated with pink marbled paper. Leather spine with gilt spine title.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Atlas geog.
List No:
14393.001
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Desjardins, Constant
Pub Date:
1843
Pub Title:
[Atlas of Europe by Ct. Desjardins].
Pub Note:
[Atlas of Europe by Ct. Desjardins], published in Paris, circa 1843. Bound in board decorated with pink marbled paper. Leather spine with gilt spine title. End papers in navy and tan marbling. Volume comprised of eight maps on eight double leaves of plates. All maps represent Europe, each with a different theme, including political geography, hydrography, topography, ethnography, climate and vegetation. Maps show political boundaries, cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and ocean currents. Descriptive text accompanies maps. Colored lithographs. Date of atlas inferred based upon the one date that appears in the volume, on the imprint for map entitled, “Esquisse des eaux et des montagnes de l'Europe”. For a related work in the collection, see Desjardins’ school atlas, Hydrographische Karte von Europa, oder darstellende Karte der beiden grossen Abdachungen, der Meer- und Flussgebiete etc., etc. der europaischen Halbinsel, published in Wien, 1837 (Pub List No. 0242.000).
Pub List No:
14393.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
8
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
14393001.jp2
Authors:
Desjardins, Constant
