1892 Antique Hautes Alpes map medical Kuhnert and the printing techniques

Kuhnert and the printing techniques of the time give the prints a very soft aspect

So many different names for these little yellow beauties

from the human to the elephant to the crocodile to the whale

- This page shows a large selection of evergreens & conifers mainly pine trees as well as a wild shrubs

1892 Antique Hautes Alpes map medical Kuhnert and the printing techniquesGorgeous little engraving showing a delicately colorized map of a French department: the Hautes Alpes department. Do you know where it is situated? As you may know, France is divided in 101 department. This one is in the South of the Alps, not very far North of Provence. Interestingly enough, this map predates the creation of ski resorts so it shows the mountain areas as they were before the boom of the winter sports industry. It's prefecture (capital