Antique Print-BLAGOVESHCHENSK-AMUR OBLAST-RUSSIA-Reclus-Lancelot-1881

Subject: Plate : 'Blagovechtchensk sur l'Amour.' (Blagoveshchensk on the Amur River). Blagoveshchensk is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast. Russia. located at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe.

Condition: Good. General age related toning and soiling. 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: 28076

Location: (BG) C180-27

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 Hildibrand after D. Lancelot.

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).