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Cartographic analysis of two centuries of map printing using copperplates – examples from the Czech Republic and Malta collections

Josef Chrást
Josef Chrást
, 
Zdeněk Stachoň
Zdeněk Stachoň
 et 
Joseph Schiró
Joseph Schiró
   | 12 mai 2024
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Publié en ligne: 12 mai 2024
Pages: 66 - 79
Reçu: 04 nov. 2023
Accepté: 05 févr. 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0028
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Figure 1.

Overview map of the origin of printing platesSource: own study (Esri. ‘Terrain’ [basemap]. Scale not given. ‘Terrain: Multi-Directional Hillshade’. 25 June 2014. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3cedfc19d7b941d89ee15b0e2f454070. (29 January 2022); © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries.)
Overview map of the origin of printing platesSource: own study (Esri. ‘Terrain’ [basemap]. Scale not given. ‘Terrain: Multi-Directional Hillshade’. 25 June 2014. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3cedfc19d7b941d89ee15b0e2f454070. (29 January 2022); © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries.)

Figure 2.

Detail from the map printing plate MMSource: Moravian Land Archives in Brno, collection D 22 Sbírka map a plánů (unprocessed amendments)
Detail from the map printing plate MMSource: Moravian Land Archives in Brno, collection D 22 Sbírka map a plánů (unprocessed amendments)

Figure 3.

Dimensions of printing platesSource: own study
Dimensions of printing platesSource: own study

Figure 4.

Dependence of weight on the surface area of printing platesSource: own study
Dependence of weight on the surface area of printing platesSource: own study

Figure 5.

Dependence of weight on the thickness of printing platesSource: own study
Dependence of weight on the thickness of printing platesSource: own study

Figure 6.

Development of the ratio of surface area and weight of printing plates over timeSource: own study
Development of the ratio of surface area and weight of printing plates over timeSource: own study

Figure 7.

Distribution of the surface area values per kilogram in the whole setSource: own study
Distribution of the surface area values per kilogram in the whole setSource: own study

j.mgrsd-2023-0028.apptab.001

Printing plate Section Size [mm] Weight [g] Surface area/weight [cm2/kg] Thickness [mm] Bulk density [g/cm3]
MM I 518 × 724 6820 550 1.7 10.7
II 517 × 730 6700 563 1.8 9.9
III 514 × 725 6470 576 1.6 10.9
IV 515 × 725 6680 559 1.9 9.4
Average 562 1.8 10.2
Standard deviation 9 0.1 0.6
MMr Register 1 501 × 503 3160 797 1.4 9.0
Register 2 516 × 503 3230 804 1.9 6.5
Average 801 1.7 7.8
Standard deviation 3 0.3 1.2
MCh 699 × 469 5450 602 2.3 7.2
MBl Sectio I 507 × 597 5050 599 1.9 8.8
Sectio II 507 × 597 5080 596 1.9 8.8
Sectio III 510 × 603 5170 595 1.9 8.8
Sectio IV 507 × 581 5030 586 2.1 8.1
Sectio V 513 × 602 5340 578 2.4 7.2
Sectio VI 509 × 595 5390 562 1.8 9.9
Sectio VII 507 × 596 5130 589 2.0 8.5
Sectio VIII 511 × 603 4920 626 1.8 8.9
Sectio IX 504 × 594 5340 561 2.0 8.9
Sectio X 505 × 596 5160 583 1.9 9.0
Sectio XI 505 × 596 5120 588 2.1 8.1
Sectio XII 504 × 595 5370 558 2.0 9.0
Sectio XIII 510 × 603 4790 642 1.9 8.2
Sectio XIV 505 × 596 4930 611 2.0 8.2
Sectio XV 490 × 595 4890 596 2.1 8.0
Sectio XVI 505 × 594 5160 581 1.8 9.6
Sectio XVII 503 × 595 5100 587 2.1 8.1
Sectio XVIII 514 × 604 5410 574 2.2 7.9
Sectio XIX 508 × 596 4880 620 1.9 8.5
Sectio XX 508 × 594 4810 627 2.0 8.0
Sectio XXI 502 × 590 4730 626 2.0 8.0
Sectio XXII 505 × 594 5040 595 1.9 8.8
Sectio XXIII 506 × 593 4870 616 1.9 8.5
Sectio XXIV 506 × 595 4920 612 2.2 7.4
Sectio XXV 501 × 594 4820 617 1.9 8.5
Overview 502 × 597 5050 593 2.0 8.4
Average 597 2.0 8.5
Standard deviation 22 0.1 0.6
MBs Sectio I 317 × 364 2220 520 2.0 9.6
Sectio II 317 × 365 2320 499 2.0 10.0
Sectio III 317 × 366 2140 542 1.8 10.2
Sectio IV 317 × 365 2220 521 2.0 9.6
Sectio V 317 × 364 2320 497 1.8 11.2
Sectio VI 318 × 366 1990 585 1.7 10.1
Sectio VII 315 × 366 1860 620 1.5 10.8
Sectio VIII 314 × 367 2020 570 1.7 10.3
Sectio IX 316 × 366 1990 581 2.0 8.6
Sectio X 315 × 364 2320 494 1.9 10.6
Sectio XI 315 × 364 1880 610 1.6 10.2
Sectio XII 315 × 364 1570 730 1.5 9.1
Sectio XIII 317 × 364 1550 744 1.7 7.9
Sectio XIV 314 × 363 1900 600 1.8 9.3
Sectio XV 314 × 362 1970 577 2.0 8.7
Sectio XVI 317 × 365 2250 514 1.8 10.8
Sectio XVII 315 × 362 2060 554 2.0 9.0
Sectio XVIII 314 × 362 2130 534 2.0 9.4
Sectio XIX 316 × 362 1810 632 1.5 10.5
Sectio XX 315 × 363 1840 621 1.6 10.1
Sectio XXI 317 × 365 2310 501 1.9 10.5
Sectio XXII 317 × 365 2230 519 1.9 10.1
Sectio XXIII 314 × 362 2140 531 2.1 9.0
Sectio XXIV 315 × 362 1760 648 1.5 10.3
Sectio XXV 318 × 362 1850 622 1.6 10.0
Average 575 1.8 9.8
Standard deviation 66 0.2 0.8
HMd I 547 × 740 6030 671 1.7 8.8
II 547 × 745 5930 687 1.7 8.6
III 522 × 746 5840 667 1.8 8.3
IV 522 × 745 5700 682 1.6 9.2
Overview 553 × 749 7120 582 2.0 8.6
Average 658 1.8 8.7
Standard deviation 39 0.1 0.3
?Mt 552 × 761 6360 660 1.6 9.5

j.mgrsd-2023-0028.apptab.002

Printing plate Size [mm] Weight [g] Surface area/weight [cm2/kg] Thickness [mm] Bulk density [g/cm3]
AMa 459 × 317 1220 1193 1.0 8.4
PaMa 740 × 310 4465 514 3.1 6.3
IMa 248 × 105 338 770 2.5 5.2
IV 128 × 106 140 969 2.5 4.1
PMa 260 × 411 1850 578 1.6 10.8
PJ 495 × 495 4260 575 1.5 11.6
PR 251 × 400 1630 616 1.6 10.1

The average size of the edges of the printing plates MBl and MBs

Map Edge – height [mm] Edge – width [mm]
MBl Average 26 30
Standard deviation 10 10
MBs Average 28 25
Standard deviation 5 6

j.mgrsd-2023-0028.apptab.003

Owner Copperplate City Country
Moravian Land Archives MM, MMr Brno CZ
State District Archive Cheb MCh Cheb CZ
National Technical Museum MBl, MBs Prague CZ
Archdiocesan Museum HMd, ?Mt Kroměříž CZ
Joseph Schirò Ama Valletta MT
MUŻA – Heritage Malta PaMa, IMa, IV, PMa, PJ, PR Valletta MT

Preserved copper printing plates for Johann Christoph Müller’s maps and their derivatives

Area covered Place of Creation Date of Creation Engraver (Publisher) Abbreviation
Moravia Brno 1714–1716 Johann Christoph Leidig MM
Moravia registers Brno c.1790 Unknown MMr
Cheb region Nuremberg c.1719 (Christoph Weigel elder) MCh
Bohemia (large) Augsburg 1720–1722 Michael Kauffer MBl
Bohemia (small) Augsburg 1726 Michael Kauffer MBs
Olomouc diocese Nuremberg 1762 (Homann heirs) HMd
Moravia (‘trial’) Nuremberg (?) 1762 (?) (Homann heirs?) ?Mt

Preserved copper printing plates from the Joseph Schirò Collection and MUŻA – Heritage Malta

Area covered Place of Creation Date of Creation Engraver (Publisher) Abbreviation
Three Cities of Malta Rome 1582 Natale Bonifacio (Matteo Perez d’Aleccio) AMa
Malta Valletta 1771 Filippo Vincenzo Pace PaMa
Malta Valletta 1791 Sebastiano Ittar IMa
Valletta Valletta 1791 Sebastiano Ittar IV
Malta Rome 1733 Giovanni Petroschi (Salvatore and Giandomenico Marescandoli) PMa
Kingdom of Jerusalem Rome 1733 Giovanni Petroschi (Salvatore and Giandomenico Marescandoli) PJ
Rhodes Rome 1733 Giovanni Petroschi (Salvatore and Giandomenico Marescandoli) PR
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