# Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas

Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas was a major cartographic work (general atlas) published in several German and foreign editions 1881–1937. It was named after Richard Andree (1835–1912) and published by Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig, Germany.
By using chromolithography, rather than copper plate engraving, but reproducing the maps from zinc plates that were etched in relief (just like letterpress printing), V & K was able to offer detailed maps at a much lower price than competing works, such as the 7th and 8th editions of Stielers Handatlas. The 1937 edition of Andrees Handatlas was printed using offset printing.

## Editions

The first edition appeared in 1881.$^{:567}$ The 4th and 5th editions were edited by Carl Paul Albert (1851-1912);$^{:568–569}$ the 6th through 8th editions, by Ernst Ambrosius;$^{:569–570}$ and the final edition, by Konrad Frenzel. Cartographers were G. Jungk (†1932), R. Kocher, E. Umbreit (†1904), T. Adolph (†1930), H. Mielisch (†1925), and K. Tänzler (†1944)$^{:586}$ although production of a number of maps was contracted out to geographical institutes like Peip, Wagner & Debes, Sternkopf, Sulzer.
Editions of Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas :
| Date | Edition | Edition | Main Maps | Side Maps | Names | Revisions, Notes |
| 1881 | [1st] | - | 86 | - | - | - |
| 1887 | 2nd | Zweite | 120 + 2 | - | - | 1889, 1890 |
| 1887 | - | Supplement | 33 | - | - | For owners of the 1st edition. |
| 1893 | 3rd | Dritte | 91 | 86 | - | 1896 |
| 1893 | - | Supplement | 64 | - | - | For owners of the 1st and 2nd editions. |
| 1899 | 4th | Vierte | 126 | 137 | - | 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904 |
| 1899 | - | Supplement | 53 | - | - | For owners of the 2nd and 3rd editions. |
| 1906 | 5th | Fünfte$^1$ | 139 | 161 | - | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 |
| 1914 | 6th | Sechste$^2$ | 221 | 192 | - | - |
| 1921 | 7th | Siebente$^2$ | 228 | 215 | - | 1921 |
| 1922 | 8th | Achte$^2$ | 228 | 198 | - | 1924, 1924, 1928 |
| 1922 | - | Ergänzungsband | 62 | - | - | Supplement, for earlier editions. |
| 1930 | 8th | Achte$^2$ | 231 | 211 | 300,000 | 5th revision |
| 1937 | [9th] | Ausgewählte$^3$ | 100 | - | - | - |
| $^1$Jubiläumsausgabe (jubilee, or anniversary, edition). $^2$Namenverzeichnis (names index) in a separate volume. $^3$Selected, or concise, edition, in one volume. |||||||
Editions for other countries were also issued:
* Österreichisch-Ungarischer (Austrian-Hungarian) editions were published in Vienna in 1881, 1889, 1893, 1903, and 1913.$^{:615–617}$
* Four editions of Andree's Stora Handatlas were published in Stockholm (1881, 96 pages of maps; 1899, second edition (andra), 130 large maps and 140 inset maps; 1907, third edition (tredje), 143 large maps and 163 inset maps), with additional maps of Scandinavia; and 1924.$^{:608}$ The verso text and the introductory material was in Swedish.
* The maps of Andree's atlas were used for Cassell's Universal Atlas, which was published in London in 1891-1893 using maps printed in Leipzig in English; and for the Times Atlas of 1895-1900.$^{:610–613}$
* French editions were published from 1882 onwards.$^{:608}$
* Italian editions were published in 1899 and 1915.$^{:613}$
* Danish editions were published in 1882 and, after the Schleswig plebiscite, 1923.$^{:621}$
* Norwegian editions were published in 1882 and 1923.$^{:622}$
* A Finnish edition was published in 1899.$^{:623}$
Editions of a Geographisches Handbuch (Geographical Handbook) for Andrees Handatlas were issued in 1882, 1894 (1st edition),$^{:635}$ 1895 (2nd edition), 1898-1899 (3rd), 1902 (4th) and 1909 (5th).
Other well-known titles of Velhagen & Klasing were Putzgers (after F.W. Putzger, †1913) Historischer Schulatlas (Historical School Atlas; 1877, as Historischer Weltatlas or Historical Worldatlas; 100th ed. 1979), Grosser Volksatlas (Large Peoples Atlas, 1935)$^{:626}$ and Grosser Wehratlas (Large Military Atlas, 1937).$^{:629}$ Founded 1835, the firm was taken over by F. Cornelsen in 1954, and is now fully merged into that company.