Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
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Cover of the third edition of Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, 1896. |
An important and successful work of
cartography is
Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (General Atlas), after
Richard Andree (1835-1912), 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.
The first edition appeared in 1881. The 4th and 5th editions were edited by Albert Scobel (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), A. Thomas (†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 of Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas | Edition | Main Maps | Side Maps | Names | Revisions, Notes |
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| 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 1904, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913.
*Three editions of
Andree's Stora Handatlas were published in Stockholm (1881, 96 pages of maps; 1899 andra, 130 large maps and 140 inset maps; and 1907 tedje, 143 large maps and 163 inset maps), with additional maps of Scandinavia. 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.
Editions of a
Geographisches Handbuch (Geographical Handbook) for Andrees
Handatlas were issued in 1882, 1894, 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.
Sources:
Karlsruhrer Virtueller Katalog
