Description
Description: ‘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.
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 – 1894).
- Date: 1881
- Technic: Wood engraving on a vellin type of paper.
- Overall size: 10,4 x 7,1 inch
- Image size: 7,5 x 5,5 inch
- Condition: Good. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.
- PartNumber: PCT-28041
- Storage Location: (BG) C180-36
- Price: 54,5 Euro / 64 USD / 930.000 IDR
