''Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas'' was a major cartographic work (general atlas) published in several German and foreign editions 1881–1937. It was named after
Richard Andree (1835–1912) and published by Velhagen & Klasing,
Bielefeld
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and
Leipzig
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, Germany.
By using
chromolithography
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, rather than copper plate
engraving
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, but reproducing the maps from zinc plates that were etched in
relief
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(just like
letterpress printing
Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing for producing many copies by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against individual sheets of paper or a continuous roll of paper. A worker composes and locks movable t ...
), V & K was able to offer detailed maps at a much lower price than competing works, such as the 7th and 8th editions of
Stielers Handatlas
''Stielers Handatlas'' (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled ''Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude'' (''Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe''), was the leading German world atlas ...
. The 1937 edition of ''Andrees Handatlas'' was printed using
offset printing
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.
Editions
The first edition appeared in 1881.
The 4th and 5th editions were edited by Carl Paul Albert (1851-1912);
the 6th through 8th editions, by Ernst Ambrosius;
and the final edition, by Konrad Frenzel. Cartographers were G. Jungk (†1932), R. Kocher, E. Umbreit (†1904), T. Adolph (†1930), H. Mielisch (†1925), and K. Tänzler (†1944)
although production of a number of maps was contracted out to geographical institutes like Peip, Wagner & Debes, Sternkopf, Sulzer.
Editions for other countries were also issued:
*Österreichisch-Ungarischer (Austrian-Hungarian) editions were published in Vienna in 1881, 1889, 1893, 1903, and 1913.
*Four editions of ''Andree's Stora Handatlas'' were published in Stockholm (1881, 96 pages of maps; 1899, second edition (), 130 large maps and 140 inset maps; 1907, third edition (), 143 large maps and 163 inset maps), with additional maps of Scandinavia; and 1924.
The
verso
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In double-sided printing, each leaf h ...
text and the introductory material was in Swedish.
*The maps of Andree's atlas were used for Cassell's ''Universal Atlas,'' which was published in London in 1891-1893 using maps printed in Leipzig in English; and for the
Times Atlas of 1895-1900.
*French editions were published from 1882 onwards.
*Italian editions were published in 1899 and 1915.
*Danish editions were published in 1882 and, after the
Schleswig plebiscite, 1923.
*Norwegian editions were published in 1882 and 1923.
*A Finnish edition was published in 1899.
Editions of a ''Geographisches Handbuch'' (Geographical Handbook) for Andrees ''Handatlas'' were issued in 1882, 1894 (1st edition),
1895 (2nd edition), 1898-1899 (3rd), 1902 (4th) and 1909 (5th).
Other well-known titles of Velhagen & Klasing were Putzgers (after F.W. Putzger, †1913) ''Historischer Schulatlas'' (Historical School Atlas; 1877, as ''Historischer Weltatlas'' or Historical Worldatlas; 100th ed. 1979), ''Grosser Volksatlas'' (Large Peoples Atlas, 1935)
and ''Grosser Wehratlas'' (Large Military Atlas, 1937).
Founded 1835, the firm was taken over by F. Cornelsen in 1954, and is now fully merged into that company.
References
External links
{{commonscat, Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
Karlsruhrer Virtueller Katalog
1881 non-fiction books
Atlases