Subject: Caucasus
Period: 1827 (published)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.3 x 20 inches
56.6 x 50.8 cm
An extremely detailed map of the Caucasus region with fine information on Armenia and Azerbaijan with a bit of eastern Turkey and northern Iran. The Atlas Universel was the first atlas to present all the maps on the same scale (1: 1,641,836), with each map covering an area of approximately 20 degrees longitude (from Paris) and 6 degrees of latitude. Also considered to be the first lithographic atlas ever published. The maps were meant to be joined together to form a huge globe. There was only one edition of the atlas, published in 1825-27, and the subscription list shows that only 810 copies were sold.
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Condition: A
Original color.
