Wallis’ Map of Poland Dodecanese published by Gaspar Treschel alone

published by Gaspar Treschel alone in Vienne

Leboff and Demuth draw attention to the delicate way in which the lines are drawn (so that they do not ‘swamp’ the important street names) and note the striking border

when and how caught

This map of Southwestern Germany is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

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Wallis’ Map of Poland Dodecanese published by Gaspar Treschel aloneThis map of Poland was published in Oddys New General Atlas of the World. It is coloured according to the third partition of 1795, by which the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth was divided between Prussia, Austria and Russia. James Wallis (fl. 1810 1825) was born in Southampton in 1784, the son of a bricklayer. Apprenticed to John Roper in 1799, he learned the art of engraving. In later life he is variously recorded as a commission and discount agent