Antique Print-ALAY-ALAI MOUNTAIN RANGE-CENTRAL ASIA-Reclus-Barbant-1881

Subject: Plate : 'Alai et Chaine du Transalai.' (The Alay or Alai mountain range. Central Asia). The Alay or Alai Mountains constitute a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan.

Condition: Good. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Wood engraving on a vellin type of paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 26.5 x 18 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 14 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.4 x 7.1 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 5.5 inch.

Part Number: 28041

Location: BG-C11-36

Description: This original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Nouvelle Geographie Universelle La Terre et les Hommes VI : L' Asie Russe' by Jacques Elisee Reclus. published in Paris by Hachette & Cie.. 1881. This plate by Bertrand after T. Weber.

Artists and Engravers: Jacques Elisee Reclus was a renowned French geographer. writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork La Nouvelle Geographie universelle. la terre et les hommes ('Universal Geography'). over a period of nearly 20 years (1875 ï¿½ 1894).