Antique Print of the Alai Mountains by Reclus (1883)

Description: Plate: 'Alai et Chaine du Transalai.' (The Alay or Alai mountain range. Central Asia). The Alay or Alai Mountains constitute a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan.

This original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Nouvelle Geographie Universelle La Terre et les Hommes VI : L' Asie Russe' by Jacques Elisee Reclus. published in Paris by Hachette & Cie.. 1881. This plate by Bertrand after T. Weber.

Artists and Engravers: Jacques Elisee Reclus was a renowned French geographer. writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork La Nouvelle Geographie universelle. la terre et les hommes ('Universal Geography'). over a period of nearly 20 years (1875 - 1894).