Post Reise Karte durch Deutschlandund die Angraenzenden Staaten. . .

post road maps map of Germany, Poland, the Low Countries, Switzerland and Austria.
Folding map dissected in 8 sections, canvas mounted. The map is showing incredible detail of the postal roads, stations (or "stages"), and the distances from town to town. Major roads are shown in a double line and secondary roads with a single line.
A key in lower left corner. Prepared by Tranquillo Mollo (1767 - 1837) was a native of Switzerland but active in Vienna, Austria. He was a graphic artist, publisher, printer, and art and music dealer. Mollo worked from 1792 first as an assistant in the music publishing firm "Artaria & Co. In 1793 he became partner, but on 14 July 1798 he left the company and co-founded with Franz Bernardini the music publishing house "T. Mollo & Co., which also sold art and maps. The cooperation with Bernardini lasted only one year.
In 1801, Mollo became a partner with Domenico Artaria, the son of Francesco Artaria, in his company, but already in 1802 Carlo Artaria sold his share to Mollo. In 1804 Mollo was one of the most important art publisher and took the lead in the Austrian maps and globes production. He worked with some French and English cartographers. In particular, the merge of the landscape views and costumes, pictures of the artist and engraver Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck earned the company significant revenue.
He introduced the in about 1800 in England invented aquatint technique in German-speaking countrees. As a music publisher, he published some works of Ludwig van Beethoven.
From 1832 to 1839 the company was continued by the sons Eduard (1799-1842) and Florian Mollo (1803-1869).