| Cartograph: |
Johann Georg Schreiber (*1676 - †1745) |
| Title: |
Das Hertzogthum Schlesien verfertiget und in Kupffer gestochen von G. Schreibern in Leipzig |
| Year: |
Leipzig, 1749 |
| Sheet Size: |
20.8 x 29.0 cm (8.2 x 11.4 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
16.5 x 24.3 cm (6.5 x 9.6 inches) |
| Copper engraved map of Silesia by J. G. Schreiber, from his Atlas Selectus in 1749, first published in 1740. Decorated with a nice figural cartouche and a compass rose. |
| Very good condition. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Johann Georg Schreiber, a German cartographer and geographer, was born 1676 and lived in Leipzig. His only work was the "Atlas Selectus" published first 1740 and reissued 1749. He died in 1745. |
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