Accession No

5820

Brief Description

3D teaching atlas in the form of a jigsaw, French, 1870 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

demonstration

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1880

Inscription Date

Material

paper; wood (oak)

Dimensions

length 290mm; width 240mm; depth 110mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, U.S.A.. Item No. 5 from Catalogue 68 Winter 2000/2001.

Inscription

on the box lid
ETUDES
GEOGRAPHIQUES.

Description Notes

three dimensional teaching atlas in the form of a jigsaw. French, circa 1870. Boxed in its own travel case, the atlas is comprised of a complete set of 60 cubes each covered on the six sides with portions of the colour lithographed terrestrial atlas plates. Twelve "answer" / key atlas sheets are included;

Amérique du Sud
Amérique du Nord
Hémisphére Oriental
Hémisphère Occidental
Mape-Monde
unknown (torn at title)
Belgique & Hollande
Palestine au Temps de Jésus Christ
Asie
Océanie
Afrique
France Politique

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