Title
Das Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen. Nro. 7 - Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly - 1791
Description
Das Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen. Nro. 7. Colored copperplate map from Reilly’s “Schauplatz der fünf Teile der Welt” (Scene of the Five Parts of the World). Vienna 1791 Atlantes Austriaci Rei A/42. - Shows Transylvania. - Good, wide-margined copy. Engraved map with contemporary coloring.
Date
1791 ( undated )
Dimension
Paper size approx.: cm 21 x 29 cm
Mapmaker:
Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (* August 18, 1766 in Vienna; ? July 6, 1820 in Vienna) was a successful cartographer and publisher, particularly in the field of atlas cartography. His cartographic works includes a total of approximately 1,000 different map sheets. He played a significant role in Vienna becoming a center of commercial cartographic production in the German-speaking world in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.