Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Persis
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Author:
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Spruner von Merz, Karl, 1803-1892
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Date:
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1855
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Short Title:
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Persis
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Publisher:
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Justus Perthes
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Publisher Location:
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Gotha
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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32
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Obj Width cm:
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42
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Scale 1:
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6,200,000
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Note:
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Outline hand colored map of Persia (Iran). Shows administrative divisions, major cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures.
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Reference:
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Tooleys dictionary of mapmakers, p. 199. Phillips, 151.
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Country:
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Iran
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Subject:
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Historical
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Full Title:
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Persis. Gothae : Justus Perthes. (to accompany) C. Spruneri atlas antiquus No. XIII. Editio secunda ... Anno MDCCCLV (1855). (half title page) Dr. Karl von Spruner's Historisch-geographischer Hand-Atlas ...
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List No:
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11676.020
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Page No:
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XIII
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Series No:
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20
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Publication Author:
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Spruner von Merz, Karl, 1803-1892
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Pub Date:
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1855
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Pub Title:
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Atlas antiquus delineavit Dr. C. Spruner. XXVII tabulas coloribus illustratas et alias LXIV tabellas in margines illarum inclusas continens. Editio secunda. Gothae: Sumitibus Justi perthes. Anno MDCCCLV (1855). (half title page) Dr. Karl von Spruner's Historisch-geographischer Hand-Atlas : erste abtheilung : Atlas antiquus. Sieben und Zwanzig in Kupfer gestochene colorirte Karten mit Vier und Sechzig Nebenkarten nebst erlauternden Vorbemerkungen. (Cover title) Spruneri Atlas- Antiquus. XXVII Tab.
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Pub Reference:
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Tooleys dictionary of mapmakers, p. 199. Phillips, 151.
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Pub Note:
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2d edition, 1855. First published in 1850 as the first part of Spruner's historische-geographischer hand-atlas, issued in 3 parts, 1846-51. Title Page in Latin, half title page, inside front cover in German. Historical and geographical Atlas Antiquus includes table of contents on title pages, 6 pages of explanatory text, 1 page advertisement inside back cover, and 27 maps, engraved by C. Poppey, W. Behrens, Guil. Alt. W. Alt, Edler and C. Stier. Published by Justus Perthes in German or Latin. Outline hand colored maps, showing political and administrative divisions, major cities, towns, rivers, lakes and mountains. Bound in Green hard covers with title "Spruneri Atlas- Antiquus. XXVII Tab." on front cover in gilt. Karl Spruner von Merz, was a German cartographer and scholar. He spent most of his long life in military service. He is best known for his historical atlases. The first of these was his Historischer Atlas von Bayern (historical atlas of Bavaria), published in 1838. His greatest work was his Historisch-Geographischer Hand-Atlas, whose first edition appeared in parts from 1848 to 1853. Heinrich Theodor Menke made major contributions to its second and third editions.
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Pub List No:
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11676.000
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Pub Height cm:
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38
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Pub Width cm:
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45
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Image No:
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11676020.jp2
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Authors:
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Spruner von Merz, Karl, 1803-1892
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