Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Vol 1:54- Das Furstenthum Ratibor nebst der Freyen Stands-Herrschafft Pless
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Author:
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Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
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Date:
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1790
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Short Title:
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Vol 1:54- Das Furstenthum Ratibor nebst der Freyen Stands-Herrschafft Pless
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Publisher:
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Johann George Schreibern
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Publisher Location:
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Leipzig: Johann George Schreibern
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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18
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Obj Width cm:
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25
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Scale 1:
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480,000
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Note:
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Hand colored map of upper Silesia. Includes abbreviation and explanatory text.
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Country:
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Poland
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Full Title:
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Das Furstenthum Ratibor nebst der Freyen Stands-Herrschafft Pless, die Herrschafften Loslan und Oderberg in Oberschlesien : zu finden bey J. G. Schreibern Seel Wittbe in Leipzig (to accompany) Atlas selectus von allen Konigreichen und Landern der Welt ...
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List No:
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11208.055
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Page No:
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54
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Series No:
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55
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Publication Author:
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Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
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Pub Date:
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1790
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Pub Title:
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Atlas selectus von allen Konigreichen und Landern der Welt : zum bequemen Gebrauch in Schulen, auf Reisen und bey dem Lesen der Zeitungen. Verfertiget und in Kupffer gestochen von Johann George Schreibern in Leipzig.
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Pub Reference:
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Johann George Schreiber’s Atlas selectus: editions and dating, ZBIGNIEW PAPROTNY, Polish Cartographical Review, Vol. 52, 2020, no. 1
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Pub Note:
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Atlas of kingdoms and countries around the world, for convenient use in schools, on trips and the reader of newspapers, prepared and engraved by Johann Georg Schreiber,1676-1750 - first cartographer in Saxony, was born 1676 and lived in Leipzig. His only work was the "Atlas Selectus" published first 1741 and reissued many times up to the end of the 18th century. Each subsequesnt edition increased the number of maps. This copy with date estimated at 1790 based on the number of maps. He died in 1745. Atlas published in 2 volumes, 149 pages, vol. 1: pages 1-76, vol 2: pages 77-149, including hand colored engraved pictorial title page, distance table with map of Germany, 2 pages of index and 148 hand colored copper engraved maps including a double hemisphere world, the continents, 26 maps of European countries, regional maps of Germany, the Russian Empire, the Black Sea and the Holy Land. The map of the Americas features the island of California. The maps on sheets 21x29, include a text panel describing the region, showing political and administrative divisions, cities, towns and villages, rivers, lakes, forests, churches, landmarks, roads, distances and canals. Include decorative cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Bound in brown leather cover with "Schreibers Atlas" on spine in gilt.
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Pub List No:
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11208.000
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Pub Type:
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World Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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148
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Image No:
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11208055.jp2
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Authors:
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Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
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