Antique Print-RAILWAY-HORSES-VOLGA RIVER-RUSSIA-Reclus-Weber-1880

Price: € 29,50

Subject: Plate : 'Ancien chemin de fer a traction de chevaux du don a la Volga.' (Old railway with horses pulling boats at the Volga river, Russia).
Condition: Good. General age related toning and occasional foxing. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Wood engraving.
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: 28462
Location: C157-26
Description: This original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Nouvelle Geographie Universelle La Terre et les Hommes V : L' Europe Scandinave, Russe etc.' by Jacques Elisee Reclus, published in Paris by Hachette & Cie., 1880.

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 � 1894). This plate after T. Weber.