1855 Spruner Map of Asia at the end of the 2nd Century ( Han China )

AsienZweiten-spruneri-1855
$130.00
Asien am Ende des zweiten jahrhunderts. Zeit des Parther Reiches und der Han Dynastie in China. - Main View
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1855 Spruner Map of Asia at the end of the 2nd Century ( Han China )

AsienZweiten-spruneri-1855

$130.00

Title


Asien am Ende des zweiten jahrhunderts. Zeit des Parther Reiches und der Han Dynastie in China.
  1855     14 x 17 in (35.56 x 43.18 cm)

Description


This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia at the end of the 2nd century. This period corresponds with the Han dynasty of China and the Parther Kingdom in Pesia. All text is in German, but the title roughly translates as 'Asia at the end of the second century. Time of the Parther Kingdoms and the Han dynasty in China.' Map was originally part of the 1855 edition of Karl von Spruner's Historical Hand Atlas.

Cartographer


Johan Georg Justus Perthes (September 11, 1749 - May 2, 1816) was one of the most important German cartographic engravers of the 19th century. He was born in the Thuringian town of Rudolstadt, the son of a court physician. In 1778, he began working as a bookseller in Gotha. Perthes began his publishing empire shortly thereafter with the 1784 issue of the famed survey of European nobility known as the Almanac de Gotha. In the next year, 1785, he founded the cartographic firm of Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha. His son Wilhelm Perthes (1793 - 1853) joined the firm in 1814. Wilhelm had prior publishing experience at the firm of Justus Perthes' nephew, Friedrich Christoph Perthes, who ran a publishing house in Hamburg. After Justus Perthes died in 1816, Wilhelm took charge and laid the groundwork for the firm to become a cartographic publishing titan. From 1817 to 1890. the Perthes firm issued thousands of maps and more than 20 different atlases. Along with the visionary editors Hermann Berghaus (1797 - 1884), Adolph Stieler (1775 - 1836), and Karl Spruner (1803 - 1892), the Perthes firm pioneered the Hand Atlas. When Wilhelm retired, management of the firm passed to his son, Bernhardt Wilhelm Perthes (1821 – 1857). Bernhardt brought on the cartographic geniuses August Heinrich Peterman (1822 - 1878) and Bruno Hassenstein (1839 - 1902). The firm was subsequently passed to a fourth generation in the form of Berhanrd Perthes (1858 – 1919), Bernhard Wilhelm's son. The firm continued in the family until 1953 when, being in East Germany, it was nationalized and run as a state-owned enterprise as VEB Hermann Haack Geographisch-Kartographische Anstalt Gotha. The Justus family, led by Joachim Justus Perthes and his son Wolf-Jürgen Perthes, relocated to Darmstadt where they founded the Justus Perthes Geographische Verlagsanstalt Darmstadt. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Fine or perfect condition. Margins wide. Blank on verso.