Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
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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 and Leipzig, Germany.
By using chromolithography, rather than copper plate engraving, but reproducing the maps from zinc plates that were etched in relief (just like letterpress printing), 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. The 1937 edition of Andrees Handatlas was printed using offset printing.
Editions[edit]
The first edition appeared in 1881.[1]: 567 The 4th and 5th editions were edited by Carl Paul Albert (1851-1912);[1]: 568–569 the 6th through 8th editions, by Ernst Ambrosius;[1]: 569–570 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)[1]: 586 although production of a number of maps was contracted out to geographical institutes like Peip, Wagner & Debes, Sternkopf, Sulzer.
| Date | Edition | Edition | Main Maps | Side Maps | Names | Revisions, Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | [1st] | - | 86 | - | - | - | ||
| 1887 | 2nd | Zweite | 120 + 2 | - | - | 1889, 1890 | ||
| 1887 | - | Supplement | 33 | - | - | For owners of the 1st edition. | ||
| 1893 | 3rd | Dritte | 91 | 86 | - | 1896 | ||
| 1893 | - | Supplement | 64 | - | - | For owners of the 1st and 2nd editions. | ||
| 1899 | 4th | Vierte | 126 | 137 | - | 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904 | ||
| 1899 | - | Supplement | 53 | - | - | For owners of the 2nd and 3rd editions. | ||
| 1906 | 5th | Fünfte1 | 139 | 161 | - | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 | ||
| 1914 | 6th | Sechste2 | 221 | 192 | - | - | ||
| 1921 | 7th | Siebente2 | 228 | 215 | - | 1921 | ||
| 1922 | 8th | Achte2 | 228 | 198 | - | 1924, 1924, 1928 | ||
| 1922 | - | Ergänzungsband | 62 | - | - | Supplement, for earlier editions. | ||
| 1930 | 8th | Achte2 | 231 | 211 | 300,000 | 5th revision | ||
| 1937 | [9th] | Ausgewählte3 | 100 | - | - | - | ||
| 1Jubiläumsausgabe (jubilee, or anniversary, edition). 2Namenverzeichnis (names index) in a separate volume. 3Selected, or concise, edition, in one volume. | ||||||||
Editions for other countries were also issued:
- Österreichisch-Ungarischer (Austrian-Hungarian) editions were published in Vienna in 1881, 1889, 1893, 1903, and 1913.[1]: 615–617
- Four editions of Andree's Stora Handatlas were published in Stockholm (1881, 96 pages of maps; 1899, second edition (andra), 130 large maps and 140 inset maps; 1907, third edition (tredje), 143 large maps and 163 inset maps), with additional maps of Scandinavia; and 1924.[1]: 608 The verso 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.[1]: 610–613
- French editions were published from 1882 onwards.[1]: 608
- Italian editions were published in 1899 and 1915.[1]: 613
- Danish editions were published in 1882 and, after the Schleswig plebiscite, 1923.[1]: 621
- Norwegian editions were published in 1882 and 1923.[1]: 622
- A Finnish edition was published in 1899.[1]: 623
Editions of a Geographisches Handbuch (Geographical Handbook) for Andrees Handatlas were issued in 1882, 1894 (1st edition),[1]: 635 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)[1]: 626 and Grosser Wehratlas (Large Military Atlas, 1937).[1]: 629 Founded 1835, the firm was taken over by F. Cornelsen in 1954, and is now fully merged into that company.
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