Phases et Mouvement de la Lune

The beautiful plate is drawn by E. Soulier and depicts all phases of lunar orbit around the earth. There are four other small astronomical illustrations in the corners.

Only Andriveau-Goujon among his contemporaries included such a fine group of Celestial maps in his general atlas.

Eugène Andriveau-Goujon's cartographic collection was first published in about 1848 under the title Atlas classique et universel de geographie ancienne et moderne, contenant les decouvertes et les divisions les plus nouvelles dans les cinq parties du monde pour servir a la lecture des voyages, des ouvrages historiques et des meilleurs traites de geographie. Publie par J. Andriveau-Goujon. Adopte par le Ministre de la Guerre pour les bibliotheques regimentaires. Subsequent reprints contain the original body of maps and a substantial addendum.

Eugène Andriveau-Goujon (1832 - 1897) was a map publisher and cartographer active in 19th century Paris. The firm was created in 1825 when Eugène Andriveau married the daughter of map publisher Jean Goujon - thus creating Andriveau-Goujon. Maps by Andriveau-Goujon are often confusing to identify as they can be alternately singed J. Goujon, J. Andriveau, J. Andriveau-Goujon, E. Andriveau-Goujon, or simply Andriveau-Goujon. This refers to the multiple generations of the Andriveau-Goujon dynasty and the tendency to republish older material without updating the imprint. The earliest maps to have the Andriveau-Goujon imprint were released by Jean Andriveau-Goujon. He passed the business to his son Gilbert-Gabriel Andriveau-Goujon, who in 1858 passed to his son, Eugène Andriveau-Goujon, under whose management the firm was most prolific. Andriveau-Goujon published numerous fine pocket maps and atlases throughout the 19th century and often worked with other prominent French cartographers of the time such as Brue and Levasseur. The firm's stock was acquired by M. Barrère in 1892.

Litograph with original colour, good condition.