SCOTLAND 1789 VON REILLY UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP

Das Koenigreich Scotland. Nro. 86.

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1789 Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly's copper engraved map of the Kingdom of Scotland with its complex coastline, the Orkney Islands (Orkneys In.) to the north, the Inner and Outer Hebrides to the west, and the southern border separating it from England.
 
The Inset: The upper left quadrant features a detailed panel dedicated entirely to the Shetland Islands archipelago.
 
Marine Nomenclature: The surrounding seas are identified according to the German terminology of the time, as Kaledonisches Meer (Caledonian Sea, to the northwest) and Deutsches Meer (North Sea, to the east).
 
The Cartouche: At the top right, an elegant heraldic cartouche framed by baroque decorative elements contains the work's title and the atlas's plate number (No. 86).

From Reilly's Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt, an atlas with over 1000 maps in total. It became famous for the accuracy and high level of detail of the maps and was published in three parts between 1789 and 1806 in Vienna.
 
Date: 1789 ( undated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 42,9 x 29,9

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Conditions are as you can see in the images. 

Mapmaker: Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820) was an Austrian publisher, cartographer and writer. Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly was born as the son of the court master Johann Reilly. At first he worked in the civil service, but then devoted himself exclusively to geography. Between 1789 and 1806 the atlas Schauplatz der Five Parts der Welt was created , but on its 830 sheets it deals only with Europe. After the school atlas (1791–92) and the general description of the earth (3 volumes, 1792–93), he published the first (complete) Austrian world atlas with the title Grosser deutscher Atlas from 1794 to 1796 . In 1796 the adjustment series Historical and Pictorial Presentation of the Regiments of the Erzhaus Oesterreich was created , in 1799 the General postal atlas from around the world - the world's first atlas of its kind.