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A geographic map of the kingdom of Bohemia published 1720
Engraving, wash, on paper backed with linen | RCIN 712394
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A folding map of Bohemia engraved on twenty five sheets each of which is divided into four, stored in a marbled slip-case. It covers the twelve regions, the districts of Cheb and Glatz (Kladsko region), and the Czech-Saxon border. It contains military information and shows roads, rivers, forests, centres of population, bishoprics, and the deposits of raw materials such as silver, gold, copper, iron and lead. The corners are ornamented with elaborate bucolic and allegorical scenes. Scale, 1: 132,000. See also RCIN 711023.
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Engraving, wash, on paper backed with linen
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Mappa geographica Regni Bohemiae in duodecim circulos divisae cum comitatu glacensi et districtu egerano adiunctis circumiacentium regionum partibus conterminis ex accurata totius Regni perlustratione et geometrica dimensione omnibus, ut par est, numeris absoluta et ad usum commodum nec non omnia et singula distincius cognoscenda...