32 - [NITZSCHKE].

[NITZSCHKE]. [Overview Profiles, or the Relief of the Continents and Their Elevation Above Sea Level]. Leipzig, (ca. 1860). Small folio. 4 black steel engravings (29.5 x 91.5 cm), with wash-painted backgrounds, folded into the binding. Stitched in a modest, unmarked blue half-cloth binding of the period, with marbled paper covers (missing the text of approx. 4 pp.; some light foxing, otherwise a fine copy). “General Profiles or Relief of the Continents and Their Elevation Above Sea Level” A rare cartographic and geographical work published in the mid-19th century by Wilhelm Nitzschke (notably in Leipzig and Stuttgart). The publisher Wilhelm Nitzschke was known for his illustrated and educational works, as well as his publications on the natural sciences and geography, from Schwäbisch Hall, Stuttgart, and Leipzig. Complete set of 4 profiles: -Eastern Continent (Europe and Asia). -Asia and Africa. -Western Continent (North America). -South America. In the 19th century, such overview profiles were used to visually and comparatively represent the vertical dimensions of the continents (mountain elevations and profiles relative to sea level). This German edition dates from the 1850s, a period when publishers in Europe were adapting the famous scientific and educational plates by the British cartographer John Emslie.