COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Date:
1877
Short Title:
Title Page: Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte
Publisher:
Dietrich Reimer
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Type:
Title Page
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
24
Note:
Fifth, new and improved edition of Kiepert's Ancient atlas, with two new maps (3rd. and 9th), with title page and 12 folded maps. Published in 1877 by Dietrich Reimer. Title page in German and maps in Latin. Maps are outline hand colored, showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, roads, rivers, canals and mountains. Engraved by J. Sulzer. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Paris and Greenwich. Bound in brown marbled paper with black lettering "Atlas Antiquus ..." pasted on cover. Geographer Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) is generally considered to be one of the most important scholarly cartographers of the second half of the 19th century.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte. Entworfen und bearbeitet von Heinrich Kiepert. Funfte neu bearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Neue ausgabe. Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer.
List No:
11689.002
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
Sulzer, J.
Publication Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Pub Date:
1877
Pub Title:
Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte. Entworfen und bearbeitet von Heinrich Kiepert. Funfte neu bearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Neue ausgabe. Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11689.000
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Pub Maps:
12
Pub Height cm:
36
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
11689002.jp2
Authors:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Link To Source
Title Page: Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte
