COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von (1766-1820)
Author:
Kininger, Vinzenz Georg
Date:
1796
Short Title:
XXIII. Karte von dem Russischen Reiche in Europa
Publisher:
Reilly'sches Landkarten und Kunstwerke Verschleiss Komptoir
Publisher Location:
Wien
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
63
Obj Width cm:
79
Scale 1:
5,600,000
Note:
Double page engraved hand color map of Russian Empire in Europe. Shows administrative divisions, cities and towns, roads, rivers and canals, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Includes title cartouche, Russian-German word list, and legend.
Country:
Russia
Full Title:
Karte von dem Russischen Reiche in Europa. Nach der karte der Gesellschaft der Kunste und Wissenschaften in Petersburg. Neu verzeichnet herausgegeben von Franz Joh. Jos. Von Reilly. Zu finden im von Reilly'schen Landkarten und Kunstwerke Verschleiss Komptoir. Wien, 1796. Gestochen von Franz Muller. (to accompany) Grosser Deutscher Atlas.
List No:
11151.026
Page No:
XXIII
Series No:
26
Engraver or Printer:
Schutz, Karl
Engraver or Printer:
Muller, Franz
Publication Author:
Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von (1766-1820)
Publication Author:
Kininger, Vinzenz Georg
Pub Date:
1796
Pub Title:
Grosser Deutscher Atlas. Erfunden von Franz Joh. Jos. von Reilly. Gezeichnet von Vinzenz Georg Kininger. Gestochen von Karl Schutz.
Pub Note:
First Austrian-made complete world atlas. Double-page copper engraving. with allegorical title page by Karl Schutz after Vinzenz Georg Kininger, double-page index and explanation, table, 27 double-page engraved maps dated 1795-1796, outline hand-colored with title cartouche. showing administrative divisions, cities and towns, mountains, rivers, canals, ports, forts, etc. Engraved title page shows Measuring instruments, mythological, astronomical, religious, scientific, allegorical hints and facts were united in a composition which depicted the pride of progress in knowledge. Bound in half morocco and marbled board. Includes a separate map of the Americas after d'Anville and Pownall with inset maps of the United States, of Hudson's Bay area, and of Alaska. Also a separate map of Polynesia, showing Ulimaroa (Australia), New Guinea, New Zealand, Van Diemen's land (shown as a peninsula), explorers' routes are delineated and hand-colored, including the most recent ones of Cook's three voyages
Pub List No:
11151.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
27
Pub Height cm:
69
Pub Width cm:
50
Image No:
11151026.jp2
Authors:
Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von (1766-1820); Kininger, Vinzenz Georg
