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Viaggi di Germania: i piu frequentati e particolarmente da chi viaggia per le Poste

 Collection
Call Number: MS A2

Overview

12 route-maps of the posts from Florence and Venice to Vienna, from Vienna to Belgrade, and from Vienna to Berlin via Prague. The maps are in the form of strips, folded and bound together. Include receipt as separated material with its call number.

Dates

  • Creation: before 1817

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 volume (1 volume, including 12 maps + 1 folder) : Volume binding: White cardboard. Ornamentation: Maps in ink and watercolor. Show rivers, towns, political boundaries. Mountains shown in stylized perspective. A red symbol at each stage; extra charges marked. Little shown off direct route; sometimes alternate route shown. Material: Paper, folded and bound together.

Language of Materials

Italian

Scope and Contents

Route-maps showing each post between Florence and Vienna, via Mantua, Bolzano, Villach, Leoben,(Austria). Venice and Vienna, via Laibach (Slovenia), Marbor, Leoben. Vienna and Belgrade (Serbia), via Budapest (Hungary), Osijek (Slavonia). Vienna and Berlin, via Prague. Preceded by a title-page, a scale of Italian miles and S. German leagues, and information on charges for post-stages; and a page of Indice. Each map is preceded by a half-title. 1. Viaggio da Firenze a Bologna. 14.5 x 17.7cm 2. Viaggio .da Mantova a Bologna. 14.5 x 20.9cm 3. Viaggio da Mantova a Trento. 14.5 x 15.3cm 4. Viaggio da Trento a Vilach. 14.5 x 32cm 5. Viaggio da Vilach a Wienna. 14.5 x 29.3cm 6. Viaggio da Venezia a Laubarh. 14.5 x 29.3cm 7. Viaggio da Laubarch a Brugg [connects with map 5 at Leoben]. 14.5 x 14.3cm 8. Viaggio da Vienna a Buda. 14.5 x 30cm 9. Viaggio da Buda a Essek [Osijek]. 14.5 x 30.7cm 10. Viaggio da Essek a Belgrado. 14.5 x 35.5cm 11. Viaggio da Praga a Wienna. 14.5 x 29.4cm 12. Viaggio da Berlin a Praga. 14.5 x 29cm

Physical Location

MS A2

Physical Location

MS P383

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Salimbene, 1963

Title
Guide to a Book of Route-maps of Southern Europe Collection
Subtitle
Viaggi di Germania: i piu frequentati e particolarmente da chi viaggia per le Poste
Author
Finding aid prepared by alh, 1973. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006. Finding aid revised by ksc, 2006; mwh, 2020.
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2696245756
Preferred citation
Book of Route-maps of Southern Europe, Department of Special Collections, MS A2, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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