VON REILLY, F.J.J. - Karte von Frankreich.

An attractive map of France. With a decorative title cartouche in the upper right-hand corner and a legend on the left side. Engraved by Ant.Amon. Franz Johann Josef von Reilly (Vienna 18 august 1766 - 6 july1820) was active as geographer, journalist, book and art dealer. In 1792 he created his "geographical Komptoir" and was extremely prolific, producing no less than 830 maps. In 1796 he published his large "Deutscher Atlas" which was the first world atlas produced by an Austrian. His "Allgemeiner Post atlas" (1799) was the first post route atlas at all. As a writer von Reilly became particularly famous by his "Sinngedichte" and his poetic work "Noradin" (1813), which falsely is often attributed to J. J. Polt.