COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Date:
1859
Short Title:
Covers: Atlas Antiquus. Eight maps of the ancient world for schools and colleges
Publisher:
Williams & Norgate
Publisher:
Dietrich Reimer
Publisher Location:
London; Edinburgh
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher Location:
London; Edinburgh
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
24
Note:
1st edition, 1859 printing of Kiepert's Ancient atlas, with 8 double page maps. Published by Williams & Norgate, London and Edinburgh. Also issued by Dietrich Reimer in Berlin. Cover and title page in English and Latin. Maps in Latin, outline hand colored, by political and administrative boundaries. Some maps dated 1858. Showing major cities, towns, roads, rivers, canals and mountains. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Paris and Greenwich. Bound in light browns cloth with black lettering. Geographer Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) is generally recognized as one of the most important scholarly cartographers of the second half of the 19th century.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Atlas Antiquus. Eight maps of the ancient world for schools and colleges, by Dr. Heinrich Kiepert M.R. Acad. Berlin. Williams and Norgate, London and Edinburgh. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. 1859.
List No:
11687.001
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Ohmann, C.
Engraver or Printer:
Kraatz, L.
Engraver or Printer:
Geyer, V.
Engraver or Printer:
Sulzer, J.
Publication Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Pub Date:
1859
Pub Title:
Atlas Antiquus. Eight maps of the ancient world for schools and colleges, by Dr. Heinrich Kiepert M.R. Acad. Berlin. Williams and Norgate, London and Edinburgh. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. 1859.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11687.000
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Pub Maps:
8
Pub Height cm:
36
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
11687001.jp2
Authors:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Link To Source
Covers: Atlas Antiquus. Eight maps of the ancient world for schools and colleges
