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Late 18th century folding map of Germany with German & French text

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Neue und vollständige Post Karte durch ganz Deutschlandverfertiget von JOHANN JACOB von BORS zu Orden des H. R. ReichsmGrenz Ober Postmeistern zu Maseyckmund nach seinem Ableben übersehen von Franz Joseph Heger Churfürstlich Mayenzischen und Fürstlich  Taxischen Hofrath auch der Kaiserl. Reichs Post Commissario , Mit Kaiserl. allergnäd. Privilegio. Im Verlag bey denen Homaennischen Erben in Nürnberg. No date but probably around 1770 [the map is dedicated to Emmerich Joseph, who was Elector Archbishop of Mainz 1763-1774.

An attractive folding map of Germany, 39 x 30½ ins unfolded, linen backed, dissected, coloured in outline, folding down in 32 plates and fitting into a contemporary leather case 8 x 5 ins.  A secondary title is in French in a cartouche at the top of the map Nouvelle Carte Geographique des Postes D’ALLEMAGNE. The central point of the map is around Bamberg and it extends from Amsterdam and Königsberg in the north to Turin and Venice in the south and from Paris in the west to Warsaw in the east. A contempory signature on the linen probably reads Fredk. Pfeiffer. jun14/2

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