Die Ichnoorthographia Plesniaca des Andreas Hindenberg aus dem Jahre 1636
Dortmund: Forschungsstelle Ostmitteleuropa, 1979. Softcover. Quarto. 147pp., 4 folding maps. Original green wrappers with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece. Account on the history of the Duchy of Pless (Silesia) from the 16th century on covering the art of map making, development of settlements, in particular the Duchy of Pless, and a detailed account of the content and the making of the maps relating to the Duchy of Pless including short BIOSs of the makers of the maps and the application of the maps. Illustrated with 32 b/w drawings relating to the various maps including a descriptive list of all drawings. Contains four folding maps (30 1/4 x 21 1/4"), three of them depicting the settings of 1636 (two of them in color), and one of the German Reich from 1943 housed in a pocket on the inside back cover. Text in German. Wrappers with some sunning along edges and spine. Wrappers in overall good-, interior and maps in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #38477
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