The publishing house of Franz Anton Schraembl in Vienna published Pocket Calendars and maps. One of the year 1788 is now for sale at abebooks for the pin money of 314€. It also contains some 200 pages of the German translation of William Russell's "History of Modern Europe".
Furthermore there are antique maps of England and Wales of the year 1787 for sale at mapmogul.com.
This is a large wall map assembled from 4 sheets (each sheet: 63.5cm x 54 cm), with the title in the form of a large monument in the upper right corner, topped by the arms of George II, King of England from 1727 to 1760, and surrounded by images of British trade, commerce, military might, etc. It includes an inset map of the Scilly Islands, a compass rose and scales of English and German miles. This rare and finely engraved wall map is a revised German edition of Kitchin's largest and most detailed map of the region, originally published in 1777 as South Britain or England & Wales. Besides the roads, political boundaries and topography, it shows sand banks and has a grid of parallels and meridians with a border scale of latitude and longitude, and a key to the symbols for roads and three sizes of cities, towns, etc. (with stars to indicate the number of representatives in Parliament and numbers to indicate the travelling distance from London).They offer many other maps I'm particularly interested in, Road Maps for instance...
But anyway, an Austrian Dissertation also deals with the publishing house which sold those calendars and maps, and Ursula Kohlmaier, the author of it, uploaded her 216 page work that you can read for free - in German though.
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