South America – Relief map – Curiosity

A very rare relief map!

Woldermann, G. Süd-Amerika

P. Eckerlein Leipzig 1879

colour printed and embossed map on thick paper. overall 26 x 30,5 cm, evenly browned, occ. some tiny marginal tears, occ. some faint foxing, 2 bend corners, o/w vg cond.

A very rare relief map from ‘Plastischer Schulatlas’; the reliefs were created by Lieutenant G. Woldermann and published by P. Eckerlein though some of the maps as well as the binding bear various publishers.

The maps are printed in a relief technique Geomontography, a printing method that combined embossing and colour printing, and was mainly applied to the production of maps. The German printer Georg Michael Bauerkeller (1805 – 1886) and his half-brother Georg Leonhart Bauerkeller developed this technique and applied for a patent in 1839. Geomontography is mainly used for the teaching of the blind.