COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mayr, Johann Georg, 1800-1864
Date:
1874
Short Title:
Atlas der Alpenländer. Blatt I.
Publisher:
Justus Perthes
Publisher Location:
Gotha
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
63
Scale 1:
450,000
Note:
Sheet one of eleven-sheet topographic atlas, representing the countries of the Alps. This sheet - northwest - includes the Rhine River, Straßburg (Austria), Basel, and Bern (Switzerland), and the Black Forest (Germany). Shows cities, railroads, topography, lakes and drainage. Relief illustrated with hachures. Black and white engraving, with hand-colored outlines. Includes two bar scales, with scale statements. Sectioned and backed with linen, folded, and housed in a box together with set. Front cover (of folded map) includes a thumbnail image of this sheet, numbered 1. Map is 41 x 63 cm, on sheet 47 x 68 cm, folded to 24 x 17 cm.
Country:
Austria
Country:
Switzerland
Region:
Alps
Region:
Rhine River
Region:
Black Forest (Germany)
Subject:
Topography
Full Title:
Atlas der Alpenländer. Nordwestl : Schweiz, Jura, Vogesen, Schwarzwald &. Gotha, Justus Perthes. 1874. Gezeichnet u. bearbeitet von Gg. Mayr. Gestochen von Otto Messerer u. C. Schleich. Blatt I.
List No:
14243.002
Page No:
I
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
Messerer, Otto
Engraver or Printer:
Schleich, C. (Carl), Junior, 1788-1840
Publication Author:
Mayr, Johann Georg, 1800-1864
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
Atlas der Alpenländer. Gotha, Justus Perthes. 1874.
Pub Note:
Atlas of the Alps by Mayrs, in eleven sections, each linen-backed, folded, and housed together within a box, which has title, authorship and imprint in gilt on front cover. Maps show topography (relief illustrated with hachures), cities, railroads, lakes, drainage, coastlines and water routes. Each section includes a numbered thumbnail image on the front cover of the folded sheet. Each sheet titled uniquely, indicating the geographic representation therein. Each sheet includes two bar scales with scale statements. Sheet nine features a table: Höhen-Angabe berühmter Bergspitzen in den Alpen = Hauteurs des principales montagnes des Alpes (= Heights of famous mountain peaks in the Alps). Sheets ten and eleven are labeled as supplements and both contain inset maps.
Pub List No:
14243.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
11
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
18
Image No:
14243002.jp2
Authors:
Mayr, Johann Georg, 1800-1864
Link To Source
Atlas der Alpenländer. Blatt I.
