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The geographical details of two outstanding maps of Arabia

BERGHAUS, Heinrich.
Geographisches memoir zur erklärung und erlaüterung der Karte von Syrien. (no. 5. von Berghaus' Atlas von Asia).
Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1835. With an engraved map of Syria.
With: (2) BERGHAUS, Heinrich. Geo-hydrographisches memoir zur erklärung und erlaüterung der General-Karte von Arabia und dem Nil-Lande. (no. 6. von Berghaus' Atlas von Asia).
Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1835. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a supplement to another article by Berghaus bound at the end: Supplement zur historisch-geographischen Beschreibung von Assam etc., with an engraved map. Modern half cloth. [4], 48; [4], 128; 179-182 pp.
€ 2,500
Two articles on the mapping of the Arabian peninsula by the German cartographer and geographer Heinrich Berghaus (1797-1884). They give detailed geographical information on the map of Syria and the general map of Arabia, both published in Berghaus's Atlas von Asien (1832-1837). While financially the atlas was a failure, the cartography was outstanding and made Justus Perthes world famous instantly.
With library stamps to the title-page. Ad1 with the map bound upside-down and ad 2 with small restorations to the foot of the last 10 text leaves; a good copy. For Berghaus: Smits, Petermanns maps, pp. 16-22.
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