[Mountain]. TABLE COMPARATIF et figuré de la hauteur des principales montagnes et du cours des principaux fleuves du monde. Paris, J. Goujon & J. Andriveau, 1836. Colored steel engraving, approx. 55 x 88 cm, folded approx. 21 x 13.5 cm, vintage white cloth, edged with pale blue satin border, in gilt-painted folder and cardboard slipcase, gilt title on one side (one corner of slipcase rubbed). A fine, well-colored and very fresh copy of this decorative and educational plate, which appeared in some of the atlases published by Andriveau & Goujon, but was also available separately. The mountains are engraved by A. Hocquart, the rivers by Dumortier and the lettering by Arnoul.

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