COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Date:
1754
Short Title:
Essai d'une nouvelle carte de la Mer Caspienne.
Publisher:
J.B.B. D'Anville.
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
52
Obj Width cm:
26
Scale 1:
2,360,000
Note:
Engraved map. Includes geographical note. Relief shown pictorially.
Reference:
cf P571, 572, 599; NMM 200.
World Area:
Asia
World Area:
Europe
Region:
Caspian Sea
Full Title:
Essai d'une nouvelle carte de la Mer Caspienne. Par le Sr. d'Anville, de l'Acad. Rle. des Inscript. et Belles Lettres, et de celle des Sciences de Petersbourg. (Grave par) Guill. De-la-Haye. (Paris), Novembre 1754.
List No:
2603.024
Page No:
19
Series No:
26
Engraver or Printer:
Delahaye, Guillaume, 1725-1802
Publication Author:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Pub Date:
1771
Pub Title:
(Atlas general)
Pub Reference:
cf P571, 572, 599; NMM 200.
Pub Note:
Maps dated 1743-71. Most of D'Anville's atlases were made up for the individual customer, so it appears that no two are alike. Many of the maps are multisheet maps that have here been joined, so the actual map sheet count is about 45. This set is accompanied by a printed list of "Cartes Geographiques de M. D'Anville" with the maps numbered 1-38 in ms, corresponding to the maps in the atlas. This sheet also lists "Ouvrages par ecrit, et qui ont ete imprimes." One of the listed books is dated 1777. D'Anville's maps have a clarity and directness that is very "modern." He read widely, and incorporated the best available geographic knowledge into his work. The English and others copied from his maps extensively. Many of the maps were missing when we acquired this atlas, and have been added subsequently. Maps stored, some bound, in a binding with half leather and cloth ties. "Atlas" printed on the spine.
Pub List No:
2603.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
45
Pub Height cm:
79
Pub Width cm:
46
Image No:
2603024
Authors:
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Essai d'une nouvelle carte de la Mer Caspienne.
