1852 Dufour Map of Spain under the Roman Empire

An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of Spain under the Roman empire. The map covers all of Iberia under the Roman Republic from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. This includes Hispanic Citerior or Tarraconensis, consisting of the Baetica and Lusitania. Includes the Balearic Islands. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Although the Romans controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula from about 218 BCe, it took them close to two centuries to fully subjugate the region. 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.

Cartographers

Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour (1795 - 1865), also known as Auguste-Henri Dufour, was a Paris based map and atlas publisher active in the middle to late 19th century. Dufour claimed to be a student of another French cartographer, Emile Lapie. He is known to have worked with numerous other French cartographers, publishers, and engravers of the period including Andriveau-Goujon, Charles Dyonnet, and Duvotenay. His corpus includes numerous maps and atlases, the most striking of which is probably his monumental elephant folio Atlas Universel Physique, Historique et Politique Geographie Ancienne et Moderne. Dufour's student and successor was Alexandre Vuillemin.   Further Details...

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.   Further Details...

Source

Barbie du Bocage, J. D., Atlas Illustre Destine a l'Enseignement de la Geographie Elementaire, (Paris: Maison Basset) 1852.    

Condition

Very good. Blank on verso. Minor foxing throughout.