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— June 2001 —

Summertime – Travelling Season

A set of European state and provincial maps by Friedrich Wilhelm Streit (died 1839 as retired Royal Prussian Major) in steel engraving of several engravers colored in outline after – mostly – Streit’s own drawings, those of his sons, W. v. Möllendorf and occasionally others in portrait and oblong formats of ca. 21-23 x 27.5-29 cm at Natorff & Co., Berlin. 1833/37. Besides of some partial maps intended as a whole inscribed throughout and with the signatures of Streit and, if applicable, others in the plates, those of the engravers only in few cases though.

The value of these maps based on them being worked like general maps with their multitude of symbols as, generally,

natural + “artificial” streets, (fast) postal routes + their stations ,

shipping , harbours + anchor places ,

channels , dams , crossings ,

frequently (arch) episcopal sees , universities + highschools , isolated freemasonry lodges , stud farms , forester’s houses + forest superintendent offices .

Friedrich Wilhelm Streit, Transylvania

As relatively young maps they round off cartographically. Of additional charme for the collector that they are from the early days of modern surveying which was basically a matter of the second half of the 19^th century. One of the leading pioneers was Streit whose at least 249-sheet map “Charte von Teutschland” published since 1807 as the first all-German general map forms the century edition of an atlas of Germany par excellence. – The scales of the maps here differing. – Partly not absolutely fresh. – Titles in German.

9,835	Europe – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
7,378	Spain + Portugal – See the complete description.	EUR	76.
9,837	– – NE sheet. – With the Balearic Islands, but without the Isle of Ibiza. – See the complete description.	EUR	61.
7,455	– – SW + middle sheet. – In the lower middle the Street of Gibraltar. – See the complete description.	EUR	61.
7,380	France with Corsica – See the complete description.	EUR	61.
7,381	– NW sheet with the British coast – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
7,382	– SW sheet with small map of the environs of Paris – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
7,384	– SE sheet including Corsica – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
11,408	Germany – In the east up to Elbing – Krakow , southernly till the Gulf of Venice. – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
7,391	Mecklenburg Schwerin + Strelitz, The Grand Duchies – See the complete description.	EUR	76.
11,383	Saxon States, Grand Ducal + Ducal. – With small seperate maps of the western possession Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Ottweiler. – Centre Weimar – Rudolstadt. – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
11,380	Schwarzburg-Reuss. – Centre Weimar. – Additionally to the above also with glass works, salterns, mineral springs. – See the complete description.	EUR	76.

Bavaria - western sheet Bavaria - eastern sheet

9,842	Bavaria, Kingdom of. – Eastern sheet.	EUR	76.
9,841	– Western sheet. – Centre Stuttgart. – Still with Frankfort on the Main, Basle.	EUR	76.
14,443	– East + West together in one passepartout with intermediate bridge. – See the complete description.	only EUR	139.
13,029	Posen, Prussian Province. – Still with Breslau, Landsberg, Schneidemühl. – Additionally to the above also with Courts of Appeal. – See the complete description.	EUR	81.
7,413	Neuchatel (Prussian principality). – Also with Bieler + Murten Lake. – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
7,417	Galicia and the free state Krakow – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
9,844	Styria. – Because of oversize nondisturbing fold. – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
7,420	Lombardy – Venetia. – Centre Verona – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
11,384	Transylvania, Grand Principality – Abb. – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
13,056	The Pontifical State and the republic of San Marino. – Additionally to the above also with mineral springs and salterns. – See the complete description.	EUR	65.
9,847	Hungary with Croatia, Slavonia and the military border belonging hereto. – NW part. – The Danube from Kornneuburg/Vienna till well over Budapest. – On the right fold because of oversize. Especially in the white cartouche field upper left a bit foxing.	EUR	50.
7,425	– NE sheet. – Southernly with the northern Transylvania.	EUR	50.
7,426	– SW sheet. – With Plattensee + Dalmatian Islands. – Oversize fold on the right.	EUR	50.
7,427	– SE sheet. – Still with Großwardein, Transylvania with Klausenburg – Karlsburg – Hermannstadt. – Oversize fold on the right.	EUR	50.
13,036	– The complete 4-sheet set of Hungary – See the complete description.	only EUR	176.
9,848	Italy. – Nearly invisible oversize fold on the left. – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
9,849	Sicilies, The Kingdom of both – See the complete description.	EUR	66.
9,850	Sardinia. – Trimmed to lower image mark. – See the complete description.	EUR	65.
7,448	Greece and the Ionian Islands, Kingdom of. – With Crete. – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
9,851	British Islands – See the complete description.	EUR	56.
7,434	England. – Still with Northern Channel + Edinburgh. – Additionally to the above with fortifications + historic battles. – Lower right weak water streak. – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
9,853	Scotia. – With Hebrides + Shetland Islands. – See the complete description.	EUR	56.
14,414	Ireland. – Still with Edinburgh. – Not absolutely fresh. Top left a light water streak. – See the complete description.	EUR	75.
7,437	Belgium. – Somewhat time marked. – See the complete description.	EUR	50.
9,855	Netherlands. – Till Baltrum – Meppen – Witten – Aix-la-Chapelle – Antwerp. – See the complete description.	EUR	60.
11,386	Skandinavia or Sweden + Norway. – North sheet from Drondheim. – See the complete description.	EUR	81.
11,387	– South sheet. – Still with Sylt, Denmark, Kurischer Nehrung, Dorpat, Reval, Gulf of Finland. – See the complete description.	EUR	86.
13,034	– Both sheets together	only EUR	146.
7,442	Russia, European. – NW sheet. – The German coast from Stettin, with the Baltic Provinces + Finland, still with Gothenborg. – Water streak upper left, a bit spotted in the margins. – See the complete description.	EUR	76.
9,859	– NE sheet. – Still with Moscow, the tip of Kola, the mouth of the Ob. – See the complete description.	EUR	56.
9,866	– SW sheet. – With Crimea, Sea of Marmara, Budapest, Liegnitz, Stargard, Elbing. – Foxing and waterstreak on the back, nearly invisible on the front. – See the complete description.	EUR	56.
9,867	– SE sheet. – Minimal foxing on the back as before. – See the complete description.	EUR	56.
11,400	Poland and the free state Krakow. – Still with Oppeln, Bromberg, Königsberg, Gumbinnen. – See the complete description.	EUR	61.
12,114	Overview of the remarkable HEIGHTS OF EUROPE – See the complete description.	EUR	18.
14,110	River areas of Austria, Prussia + Germany as commented overview table. – See the complete description.	EUR	40.
12,115	– of Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy + Great Britain – See the complete description.	EUR	25.
12,117	– of Russia (European part). – See the complete description.	EUR	14.
11,405	Italia usque ad annum 450 a. D. – With Corsica + seperate map of Latium. – Up to Marseille + Athens. – Not for Streit’s Atlas of Europe, but similar. – See the complete description.	EUR	59.

Additionally

Stuttgart – Topographic map 1 : 50 t. Beginning of 20^th century. 55.5 x 66.7 cm. Mounted in segments on canvas and folded.

Centre Stuttgart – Bad Cannstadt, bordered by Böblingen – Sindelfingen – Leonberg – Hochdorf – Pulverdingen – Neckarweihingen – Hertmannsweiler – Plochingen – Wendlingen – Bernhausen. – Street, road + railway nets.
Offer no. 10,254 / EUR 30. (c. US$ 49.) + shipping

– and further environs – Topographic map 1 : 200 t. With the allowance of the Royal Statistic State Authority, Stuttgart, printed with tone. Berne, Kümmerly & Frey, before 1918. 42.2 x 49.3 cm. Mounted in segments on canvas as before, but as contemp. paperback.

Till Heilbronn – Hall – Gmünd – Rottenburg – Neuenburg – Bruchsal. – With street, road, and railway nets.
Offer no. 10,256 / EUR 33. (c. US$ 53.) + shipping

„ das ‚Haupt-Schwein‘ ist gut … angekommen und gefällt … falls sich weitere Funde … auftun, freue ich mich über Ihre Nachricht “

(Herr W. S., 29. August 2002)