DES KONIGSREICHS SCHWEDEN MITTLERE PROVINZEN NO 69
£125
Detailed map of Finland & East Sweden. Detailed area around Helsinki. Shows the area of the " Bottniska viken", the Gulf of Bothnia, the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea.
Original wash colour
Mint condition
code : M3772
Cartographer : REILLY VON Franz Johann Joseph
Date : 1791 Vienna
Size : .22.5*38 cms
availability : Available
Price : £125
Austrian born Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820) produced over 830 maps for his great atlas project, "Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt" between the years 1789 and 1806. Of these 830 maps published over this time span of seventeen years, he 'showcased' but one part of the world, Europe. Maps of the other four continents remained unpublished. The maps of the "Schauplatz ..."were drawn to a uniform criteria.
Reilly's "Grosser deutscher Atlas" was also notable as the first completely 'Austrian' atlas. This large world atlas, containing relatively few maps, was issued between 1794 and the end of 1796. Reilly may have used Franz Anton Schraembl's work as his model, at least in part.
