Antique Print-DODABETTA-INDIA-LANDSCAPE-Reclus-1883

Subject: Plate: 'Outakamound, - Vue prise d'un contrefort du Dodabetta'. This plate shows Outakamound contrefort of Dodabetta in India.

Condition: Excellent; General age related toning; Occasional light foxing, which can be removed on request. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Wood engraving.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 26.5 x 18.5 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 13 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.4 x 7.3 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 5.1 inch.

Part Number: 27866

Location: BG-C11-18

Description: This plate originates from: '?Nouvelle Geographie Universelle. La Terre et les Hommes.', by Elisee Reclus, published 1875-1894 in Paris by Librairie hachette et Cie. This is a reknown 19 volume work on world geographie. This plate is from vol. VIII on 'L'Inde et L'Indo-Chine.', published 1883.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), also known as 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 (1875-1894). In 1892 he was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite his having been banished from France because of his political activism. This plate engraved by A. Kohl after T. Taylor after MM. Bourne and Shepherd.