This copy is copyright protected.
Copyright © 2025 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Digital Image: 1872 Josef Erben Map of the Czech Republic / Czechia / Bohemia
Czech-erben-1872_d
Title
Politicka a Mistopisna Mapa Kralovstvi Ceskeho.
1872 (dated) 29.5 x 37.5 in (74.93 x 95.25 cm) 1 : 140000
1872 (dated) 29.5 x 37.5 in (74.93 x 95.25 cm) 1 : 140000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
Once you purchase our digital scan service, you will receive a download link via email - usually within seconds. Digital orders are delivered as ZIP files, an industry standard file compression protocol that any computer should be able to unpack. Some of our files are very large, and can take some time to download. Most files are saved into your computer's 'Downloads' folder. All delivery is electronic. No physical product is shipped.
Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
Courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (http://www.geographicus.com).
How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer
Josef Erben (April 29, 1830 - April 11, 1910) was Czech educator, cartographer, and academic. Erben was born in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czechia, then under the Austrian Empire. He received his secondary education at grammar schools in Rychnov nad Kněžnou (1843 - 1844) and in Broumov (1841- 1842, 1845 - 1846). He then enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague, where he was a full-time student from 1847 to 1850 and an extraordinary student in the school year 1852/53. In this same year, he transferred to the Czech Technical University in Prague. Between 1862 and 1875 he was a docent for statistics at the polytechnical institute. In 1865 he became the curator of the map department of maps in the National Museum. He corresponded widely in cartographic circles and maintained relationships with many prominent European cartographers and publishers. As it was a period of national social and cultural revival, Erben began publishing his own maps in the 1860s. At the time, it was traditional to print maps of Bohemia in German, Erban was the first to publish exclusively in Czech. As such he had to invent contemporary terminology in Czech. Erben’s terminology was highly influential on other Slavic countries, where they embraced the newly invented Slavic terms as the basis for their own terminology. He died in Prague in April of 1910, aged 79. More by this mapmaker...
References
Rumsey 11758.002. OCLC 494797869, 921704981, 1177058444 (all referencing BNF holdings).