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BERGHAUS, H. Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten. Gotha, 1845-48. 8 in 2 vols. 134; 233 text-pp. W. 90 very fine steel-engr. maps & tables on 87 plates for the greater part cold. & double-p. (incl. 1 extra fold., 1 lge. fold., 6 full-p.). Fol. Or. blind tooled cloth w. gilt lettering. (Spines a bit faded, extremities sligtly worn, foxed in places, text-pp. rather browned).
Famous atlas by the German geographer Heinrich Berghaus (1797-1884) in which work his nephew Hermann Berghaus associated with him. The magnificent maps are dated between 1838 and 1848 and to make them was an enormous achievement. The atlas was divided in 8 sections: 1. Meteorology & climatography, 2. Hydrology & hydrography, 3. Geology, 4. Telluric magnetism, 5. Botanical geography, 6. Zoological geography, 7. Anthropography, 8. Ethnography. - Poggendorff I, 117; Sabin 4856.€ 400
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