[Map] Friedrich, L.
Post- Eisenbahn- und Reise-Karte von Mittel-Europa Herausgegeben von L. Friedrich. Königlich Preussischem Geheimen Post-Rathe und Director des Cours-Bureaus im General-Postamte zu Berlin.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1854. Folding map in a portfolio. Unfolded map 66 x 107 cm. Portfolio 17 x 11 cm. Hand coloured in outline. Engraving.
Red blind pressed portfolio in cloth. Title in gilt at the front board. Advertisments for Justus Perthes at the inside of the front board. Map laid down on linen. Some wear to the spine of the portfolio. The map near perfect condition.
A beautiful early railway map of central Europe. It also works as a postal and travel map. It covers the area from Rome to southern Sweden and from eastern England to Russia. At this point in history Sweden had no railways yet, the first was opened in 1856. The main european countries had already extensive railway networks. There are 12 insets of road and railway sections between important cities. Two concerns Scandinavia, Christiania to Helsingborg and Stockholm to Helsingborg. Others show sections in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, the Baltics and the Balcans including Istanbul.
Item No: 4109
