[Silesia] - Zimmermann Friedrich Albert - Beyträge zur Beschreibung von Schlesien, Brzeg 1795 [ Wrocław, Duchy of Wrocław, Namysłów, Sieradz, Uraz, History of the Dukes of Wrocław].

Author : Zimmermann Friedrich Albert

Title : Beyträge zur Beschreibung von Schlesien - Lectures for the description of Silesia

Zwólfter band - volume 12

Printed : Johann Ernst Tramp, Brieg 1795 [ Brzeg], first edition.

Hardcover, period cardboard binding. Block consistent, pages clean. Vignettes ( woodcuts). Overall condition + good (Estr. T. 36).

Zimmermann Friedrich Albert (1745-1815),born in Lublin, Silesian geographer and distinguished civil servant, author of the extensive thirteen-volume work "Beiträge zur Beschreibung Schlesiens" (Polish: Contributions to the Description of Silesia).

The offered volume 12 presentsfrom a geographical and statistical angle, namely mountains, rivers, forests, monuments, animals, inhabitants, as well as villages, towns, inhabitants, their customs and many other data, among others :

City of Wroclaw, Namyslow District, Sieradz District, City of Uraz (Oborniki Slaskie Municipality).

It also contains a brief description / overview of the Duchy of Wroclaw and presents the history of the Dukes of Wroclaw.

Beiträge zur Beschreibung Schlesiens", published in 13 volumes in 1783-1785. This work was largely based on archival and official documents, so it is still an extremely valuable source of historical and topographical knowledge about Silesia at that time.

Number of pages : 330

Format : 11 x 17.5 [cm].

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