COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
Author:
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
Date:
1811
Short Title:
Title Page: Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkörper unseres Sonnengebietes.
Publisher:
Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern
Publisher Location:
Leipzig
Type:
Title Page
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
21
Full Title:
(Title Page to) Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkorper unseres Sonnengebietes : besonders der Erde, des Mondes, der Venus und des Merkur's, zur Vergleichung ihrer wundervollen Naturbaue und merkwurdigen Naturkrafte. Von D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke. Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1811.
List No:
13249.002
Page No:
(I)
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
Publication Author:
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkorper unseres Sonnengebietes : besonders der Erde, des Mondes, der Venus und des Merkur's, zur Vergleichung ihrer wundervollen Naturbaue und merkwurdigen Naturkrafte. Von D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke. Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1811.
Pub Note:
This is the first edition of general representation of the surfaces of the bodies of the solar system: especially the Earth, the Moon, Venus and Mercury, to compare their natural structures. By D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke a German professor of astronomy. With VIII, 79 pages of text accompanied by two fold-out charts drawn and engraved by Christian von Mechel and first published separately in 1806 by Simon Schropp, Berlin. The first chart, Tableau des Hauteures principales du Globe, is a comparative diagram of mountain heights in different regions of the Earth. The second chart is titled: Tableau comparatif des montagnes de la Lune, de Venus, de Mercure et de quelques-unes des plus hautes montagnes de la Terre. It features a detailed depiction of known mountain heights and crater depths on the Moon, linked to the text in the book by numbers. Bound in hard covers with hand written title on spine
Pub List No:
13249.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
13249002.jp2
Authors:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.; Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
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