Bavarian country tables

The Bavarian Land Tables are a map of Bavaria . In 1566, the scholar and cartographer Philipp Apian had 24 woodcuts made on a scale of 1: 144,000 on the basis of his "Large Map" (1: 45,000). He published them in his own print shop. The size of the leaves is approximately 43 × 33 cm. In addition, a good 100 views were created together with Jost Amman .

The Latin dedication of Apian to his sovereign Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria is placed on the upper, ornate decorative strip . The content is stated: "In it the praiseworthy Furstenthumb Obern and Nidern Bayrn sambt der Obern Pfaltz, Ertz and Stifft Saltzburg, Eichstet and other several offensive creations with lots of description and printed by Philippum Apianum."

The geodesist Max Gasser wrote in 1903: “The first land survey carried out by Philipp Apian (1531-1589) must be praised for the fact that at a time when all the other states had hardly any primitive maps, they recorded the most perfect maps not only of their epoch, but also Centuries ago. "