246. CHODŹKO Leonard, Carte Générale routiere, historique des Etats de l'ancienne Republique de Pologne (...).
Paris 1840, Bureau Central, drawing by Leonard Chodźko, eng. Antoni Marcinkiewicz, 53.5 x 42.5 cm; (sheet: 61.5 x 52 cm).
A steel engraving colored in the epoch beautiful map of the Polish lands showing the partitions of the late 18th century. In addition, the map includes the change after the Congress of Vienna with the Kingdom of Poland and the Republic of Cracow. The map includes two plans of Cracow and Warsaw, as well as numerous statistical data. On the left and right margins, a list of the most important battles of the struggle for independence from the Bar Confederation to the November Uprising. The map is very accurate with numerous localities and road network. One of the most beautiful maps of Poland of the first half of the 19th century. Rare!
Paper, intaglio, colored in epoxy, minimal fold marks; map after professional conservation protected and stiffened with so-called Japanese paper; bdb condition.