COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Garnier, F. A., 1803-1863
Date:
1862
Short Title:
Connaissances geographiques.
Publisher:
Veuve Jules Renouard, Libraire
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
55
Obj Width cm:
72
Scale 1:
65,000,000
Note:
Full col. Inset maps: Complement des terres australes -- Tableau comparatif des diverses decouvertes par nationalities. Prime meridian: Paris.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
Tableau comparatif de l'etat des connaissances geographiques chez les anciens et chez les modernes, depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a l'epoque actuelle, suivi d'un resume chronologique des principales decouvertes avec le nom des divers explorateurs. Atlas spheroidal & universel de geographie dresse par F.A. Garnier, geographe. Paris, Vve. Jules Renouard, Editeur, no. 6, Rue de Tournon, Paris, 1860. Paris, Sarazin, Impr., r. Git-le-Coeur, 8. Paris.
List No:
5023.005
Page No:
No. 5
Series No:
9
Engraver or Printer:
P.-A. Bourdier et Cie.
Engraver or Printer:
Sarazin (Firm)
Publication Author:
Garnier, F. A., 1803-1863
Pub Date:
1862
Pub Title:
Atlas spheroidal et universel de geographie dresse a l'aide des documents officiels, recemment publies en France et a l'etranger par M.F.A. Garnier, Membre de la Societe de Geographie, etc. Paris, Veuve Jules Renouard, Libraire, Editeur de A. Balbi, Abrege de Geographie; A. Guibert, Dictionnaire de Geographie; Dufour et Jomard, Le Globe, etc. Rue de Tournon, 6, Faubourg Saint-Germain. MDCCCLXII.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 836.
Pub Note:
This atlas is exceptional for its "spheroidal" maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also very well executed and colored, mostly by hand, a few in colored litho. In recent years, this atlas has become rare in the trade. This is the only atlas that Garnier produced, according to Phillips. Tooley lists an 1860 edition. Covers are quarter leather marbled paper covered boards with a paper label; the burgundy leather spine is embossed with "F.A. Garnier. Atlas Universel et Spheroidal de Geographie" in gilt. On verso of half-title: Paris -- Imprimerie de P.-A. Bourdier et Cie., Rue Mazarine, 30.
Pub List No:
5023.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
63
Pub Height cm:
62
Pub Width cm:
48
Image No:
5023005
Authors:
Garnier, F. A., 1803-1863
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Connaissances geographiques.
