LIESGANIG, Joseph (1719–1799) — The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Vienna, 1824.
LIESGANIG, Joseph (1719–1799) — The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Vienna, 1824.
Copperplate engraving, on paper, on 33 sheets, each 240 × 315 mm; each sheet cut into four smaller sections and mounted on gray canvas, with handwritten paper labels on the reverse; the entire set in a preserved contemporary folding case with a gilded inscription on the label on the spine (the case is slightly worn). Some of the sheets show yellowing of the paper, with 2 sheets exhibiting more pronounced yellowing. Second edition. Engraved by D. Huber.
A revised edition of the groundbreaking map of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, covering a significant portion of what is now western Ukraine and southeastern Poland. The Crown Land was established after the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when vast territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth—including parts of Lesser Poland, Red Ruthenia, Podolia, and the Carpathian Foothills—were incorporated into the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1804, Galicia was formally incorporated into the Austrian Empire and, from 1867 to 1918, remained a crown land of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary.
The map was compiled on the basis of pioneering geodetic surveys conducted by Joseph Liesganig, a Jesuit, theologian, astronomer, and geodesist, who played a significant role in the development of geodesy and surveying during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa. Triangulation work began in August 1772 and was completed in 1774; however, extensive work on correcting and processing the collected data continued for many more years. The first edition was finally published in 1790 under the title *Regna Galiciae et Lodomeriae Josephi II. et M. Theresiae Augg. Jussu methodo astronomico-trigonometrica....* The map measured approximately 165 × 230 cm and featured a large, decorative cartouche with personifications of rivers, designed by Franz Anton Maulbertsch and engraved by Gottfried Prixner. This 1824 edition was revised and supplemented by the Imperial-Royal General Quartermaster’s Staff. It incorporates subsequent political and geographical changes, including the Free City of Kraków (1815–1846), the revised boundaries of the Zamość district, and updated information regarding navigable rivers and the road network, while retaining the administrative division of the earlier edition. The monumental cartouche was omitted in this edition.
An important document of one of the most significant cartographic undertakings in 18th-century Central Europe, illustrating the systematic surveying and administrative mapping of the eastern territories newly acquired by the Habsburg Monarchy.
LIESGANIG, Joseph (1719–1799) — The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Vienna, 1824.
Copperplate engraving, on paper, on 33 sheets, each 240 × 315 mm; each sheet cut into four smaller sections and mounted on gray canvas, with handwritten paper labels on the reverse; the entire set in a preserved contemporary folding case with a gilded inscription on the label on the spine (the case is slightly worn). Some of the sheets show yellowing of the paper, with 2 sheets exhibiting more pronounced yellowing. Second edition. Engraved by D. Huber.
A revised edition of the groundbreaking map of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, covering a significant portion of what is now western Ukraine and southeastern Poland. The Crown Land was established after the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when vast territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth—including parts of Lesser Poland, Red Ruthenia, Podolia, and the Carpathian Foothills—were incorporated into the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1804, Galicia was formally incorporated into the Austrian Empire and, from 1867 to 1918, remained a crown land of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary.
The map was compiled on the basis of pioneering geodetic surveys conducted by Joseph Liesganig, a Jesuit, theologian, astronomer, and geodesist, who played a significant role in the development of geodesy and surveying during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa. Triangulation work began in August 1772 and was completed in 1774; however, extensive work on correcting and processing the collected data continued for many more years. The first edition was finally published in 1790 under the title *Regna Galiciae et Lodomeriae Josephi II. et M. Theresiae Augg. Jussu methodo astronomico-trigonometrica....* The map measured approximately 165 × 230 cm and featured a large, decorative cartouche with personifications of rivers, designed by Franz Anton Maulbertsch and engraved by Gottfried Prixner. This 1824 edition was revised and supplemented by the Imperial-Royal General Quartermaster’s Staff. It incorporates subsequent political and geographical changes, including the Free City of Kraków (1815–1846), the revised boundaries of the Zamość district, and updated information regarding navigable rivers and the road network, while retaining the administrative division of the earlier edition. The monumental cartouche was omitted in this edition.
An important document of one of the most significant cartographic undertakings in 18th-century Central Europe, illustrating the systematic surveying and administrative mapping of the eastern territories newly acquired by the Habsburg Monarchy.
