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Delarochette’s Germany Empire
By DELAROCHETTE, Louis, 1782
Map of the Empire of Germany including all the states comprehended under that name with the Kingdom of Prussia.
- Author: DELAROCHETTE, Louis
- Publication place: London
- Publisher: Robert Sayer
- Publication date: 1782.
- Physical description: Engraved folding map, original hand colour, housed within marbled slipcase, pasted label on top.
- Dimensions: 1035 by 1230mm. (40.75 by 48.5 inches).
- Inventory reference: 12926
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Notes
Produced on the eve of the industrial and French revolutions, the map represents the German Empire nearly a century before Otto von Bismarck’s unification of the country. It is part of Kitchin’s General Atlas.
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