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Bourdin, Ernest


Ernest Bourdin (18?? - 18??) was a French publisher and printer active in the middle to late 19th century. His offices were located at 51 Rue e la Seine, Paris. Bourdin was a great supporter of the Mollweide / Babinet Projection and published an atlas using the system. His earliest publications date to the 1830s, with his latest work being in the late 1860s.
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First printed example of a Babinet / Mollweide Projection.

Planisphère Babinet Physique et Politique.

1860 (dated)
39 x 50 in (99.06 x 127.00 cm)
PlanisphereBabinet-bourdin-1860-2

$3,500.00

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A stunning c. 1860 wall-sized map of the world on a Mollweide or Babinet Projection surrounded by elaborate allegorical imagery. Our research suggests this is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, published examples of a Mollweide Projection. (more details)

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