Italie Ancienne
| Reference: | S51190 |
| Author | Adolphe Hippolyte DUFOUR |
| Year: | 1836 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 232 x 380 mm |
€125.00
| Reference: | S51190 |
| Author | Adolphe Hippolyte DUFOUR |
| Year: | 1836 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 232 x 380 mm |
€125.00
Description
Finely engraved map prepared by A.H.Dufour and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet. Published by Jules Renouard in his uncommon atlas "Le globe Atlas classique Universel de géographie ancienne et moderne, pour servir a l'étude de la géographie et de l'histoire dressé par M. A.H.Dufour, Et revu par M.Jomard".
Jules Renouard was a publisher, active at 6 Rue de Tournon, Paris. A line in bottom part informs the reader that Jules Renouard was the editor of "La Géographie de Balbi". Afterwards the company was called "Jules Renouard et Cie" and known for his plans and panoramas of Paris. The business was continued by his widow.
Adolphe Hippolyte DUFOUR (Parigi 1795 - 1865)
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Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour (1798 - 1865), also known as Auguste-Henri Dufour, was a Paris based map and atlas publisher active in the mid to late 19th century. Dufour claimed to be a student of another French cartographer, Emile Lapie. His is known to have worked with numerous other cartographers, publishers and engravers of the period including Dyonnet and Duvotenay. In 1824, he first published a geographical analysis of the map of Palestine under his own name, and from then on took part in a series of historical and topographical publications for which he prepared and drew plans and maps. His corpus includes numerous maps and atlases, the most striking of which is probably his monumental 1857 elephant folio Grand atlas Universel physique, historique et politique geographie ancienne et moderne. His main works are: L'atlas élémentaire et universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (1828); Plusieurs Précis de système planétaire et de cosmographie; L'atlas joint à la France illustrée de Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1855); L'atlas Dufour, atlas universel, physique, historique et politique de la France, de ses départements et de ses colonies (1857).
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Adolphe Hippolyte DUFOUR (Parigi 1795 - 1865)
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Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour (1798 - 1865), also known as Auguste-Henri Dufour, was a Paris based map and atlas publisher active in the mid to late 19th century. Dufour claimed to be a student of another French cartographer, Emile Lapie. His is known to have worked with numerous other cartographers, publishers and engravers of the period including Dyonnet and Duvotenay. In 1824, he first published a geographical analysis of the map of Palestine under his own name, and from then on took part in a series of historical and topographical publications for which he prepared and drew plans and maps. His corpus includes numerous maps and atlases, the most striking of which is probably his monumental 1857 elephant folio Grand atlas Universel physique, historique et politique geographie ancienne et moderne. His main works are: L'atlas élémentaire et universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (1828); Plusieurs Précis de système planétaire et de cosmographie; L'atlas joint à la France illustrée de Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1855); L'atlas Dufour, atlas universel, physique, historique et politique de la France, de ses départements et de ses colonies (1857).
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