1870 Andriveau-Goujon Map of Palestine / Israel
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Description: An extremely attractive and impressive map 1870 of Palestine, Israel, or the Holy Land by French cartographer E. Andriveau-Gujon. Covers the regions of modern day Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the Sinai in considerable detail. Identifies both archaic and modern place names and offers a wealth of both political and geographical information. In the lower left hand quadrant there is a detailed inset of Jerusalem. The lower left quadrant hosts a comparative elevation chart or mountains chart. Looking to the upper left quadrant we find several insets including a map of the Sinai, a detail of the Gulf of Suez, including depth soundings and ferryboat crossings and a land profile chart of the Mediterranean basin. Published by the French cartographer E. Andriveau-Goujon on Rue de Bac, 21, Paris, France for issue as plate 18 in the 1870 edition of Andriveau-Goujon’s Atlas Universel….
Date: 1870 (dated)
Source: Andriveau-Goujon, E., Atlas Universel. (1870 edition)
Cartographer: J. Andriveau and J. Goujon (fl. 1805-94), working collectively as Andriveau-Goujon, were among the most prominent cartographic publishers in 19th century France. Maps by Andriveau-Goujon are often confusing to identify as they can be alternately singed J. Goujon, J. Andriveau, J.Andriveau-Goujon or simply Andriveau-Goujon. They published numerous pocket maps and atlases throughout the 19th century and often worked with other prominent French cartographers of the time such as Brue and Levasseur. Andriveau-Goujon are especially well known for their high quality case and library maps. Click here for a list of rare maps by Andriveau-Goujon.
Size: Printed area measures 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48.26 centimeters)
Condition: Very good condition. Minor verso reinforcement to centerfold mostly confined to marginal areas. Wide clean margins. Blank on verso.
Code: Palestine-andriveau-1870 (Necessary for phone inquiries: 646-320-8650)
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