1852 Dufour Map of Europe at the end of the 5th Century
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Description: An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of Europe at the end of the fifth Century. The map covers from modern day United Kingdom to Russia, and south to include part of Egypt, and the Barbary Coast. The map includes parts of what are today Turkey, Russia and Syria. An inset on the top right corner details France under the rule of Clovis, c.510. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. The map depicts Europe after the so-called Barbarian Invasions, which saw the Western Roman Empire fall to Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Saxons and much of central and northern Europe under the sway of Attila and his merry Huns. Historians now also use the term 'Barbarian Invasions' to refer to the simultaneous and more peaceable migration of Germanic peoples westward, including the first Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, when, for all intents and purposes, the Roman Empire had ceased to exist. The map features a beautiful frame style border. Prepared by A. H. Dufour for publication as plate no. 43 in Maison Basset's 1852 edition of Atlas Illustre Destine a l'Enseignement de la Geographie Elementaire.
Date: 1859 (undated)
Source: Barbie du Bocage, J. D., Atlas Illustre Destine a l'Enseignement de la Geographie Elementaire, (Paris: Maison Basset) 1852.
Cartographer: 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. 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. Click here for a list of rare maps by the A. H. Dufour.
Cartographer: Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825) and his son Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848) were French cartographers and cosmographers active in Paris during late 18th and early 19th centuries. The elder Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis, was trained as a cartographer and engraver in the workshops of mapmaking legend J. B. B. d'Anville. At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through is associations with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The younger Barbie du Bocage, Jean-Guillaume, acquired a position shortly afterwards at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in time, became its head, with the title of Geographe du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. Click here for a list of rare maps by the Barbie du Bocage family.
Size: Printed area measures 13 x 10 inches (33.02 x 25.4 centimeters)
Condition: Very good. Blank on verso. Minor foxing throughout.
Code: EuropeFifthCentury-dufour-1852 (to order by phone call: 646-320-8650)
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