Johann Christoph Müller. A Baroque Cartographer
Author:
Eva Semotanová, Jiří Cajthaml, Jitka Močičková et al.
Year of publication:
2023
Publisher:
Historický ústav / Academia
ISBN:
978-80-7286-408-9 (Historický ústav); 978-80-200-3417-5 (Academia)
Johann Christoph Müller (1673–1721) is known to experts and the general public mainly for his connection with the Czech lands as the creator of detailed representative printed maps of Bohemia and Moravia and their manuscript drafts. His most famous work is undoubtedly a large printed map of Bohemia from 1720, richly illustrated (parerga) according to designs by Wenzel Lorenz Reiner. The personality of Jan Kryštof Müller, set in Baroque Europe, was formed in a much more colourful social, economic and scientific environment. Müller's importance and his cartographic work have to be understood at least in the Central European context. The publication analyses and evaluates the life and work of Johann Christoph Müller and brings many new insights.
The publication can be purchased in commercial bookshops.
