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L'Atlas Universel by Vandermaelen
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Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:46:36 -0600
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Thanks Francis!

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Francis Herbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 8:17:51 AM
Subject: FW: [MapHist] L'Atlas Universel by Vandermaelen

Angie:

Of use to forward to 'MAPS-L'?

Francis

-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Wouter Bracke
Sent: 09 November 2011 08:33
To: 'Discussion group for map history'
Subject: [MapHist] L'Atlas Universel by Vandermaelen

Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to announce the following publication by the Royal Library of
Belgium:

        L' Atlas Universel by Philippe Vandermaelen (1825-1827) by
Marguerite      Silvestre.

Published in the Inventaire raisonné des collections cartographiques
Vandermaelen conservées à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, v. V.
Bruxelles : Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2011. - 30 cm. -
(Monographies de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique = Monografien van de
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België ; B140)- ISBN 978-2-87093-168-4

In 1827 Philippe Vandermaelen completed an atlas in Brussels that
combined several never before published details: it was the first
universal atlas with a unique scale and projection, the first
lithographed universal atlas, the first representation of the world on
such a large scale (1:1 640 000), etc. It made an worldwide impact right
away.
The Royal Library of Belgium keeps four copies of the Atlas, one of
which belonged to the original deliveries published from July 1825 to
October 1827.
The inventory has 682 pages: more than 60 pages of introduction in which
the different editions and variations are reviewed; 55 illustrations;
the description of the 400 sheets of the Atlas in all its states with
the precise content for each sheet; 280 pages of complete transcript of
the never before published lithographed leaflets on the maps before and
after self-censorship; 70 pages of charts and tables; more than 80 pages
of index that help identify the travellers, explorers, authors,
historians, geographers, historical figures, ships, etc.,  stated in the
maps and leaflets.

The inventory is available for 49 euro (excluding shipping costs) or 40
euro when ordered before December 31th 2011.

For orders please contact: [log in to unmask]

Wouter Bracke
Prenten, kaarten en plans - Estampes, cartes et plans
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
Keizerslaan 4 - Boulevard de l'Empereur 4
B 1000 Brussel - B 1000 Bruxelles

E-mail : [log in to unmask]
Tel.: 00.32.(0)2.519.57.43; Fax : 00.32.(0)2.519.57.42
website: http://www.kbr.be

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