Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly
Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (born August 18, 1766 in Vienna ; † July 6, 1820 there ) was an Austrian publisher , cartographer and writer .
Live and act
Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly was born as the son of the court master Johann Reilly. At first he worked in the civil service, but then devoted himself exclusively to geography. Between 1789 and 1806 the atlas Schauplatz der Five Parts der Welt was written , but on its 830 sheets it deals only with Europe. After the School Atlas (1791–92) and the General Description of the Earth (3 volumes, 1792–93), he published the first (complete) Austrian world atlas with the title Grosser deutscher Atlas from 1794 to 1796 . In 1796 the adjustment series Historical and Pictorial Presentation of the Regiments of the Erzhaus Oesterreich was created , in 1799 the General Post Atlas of the Whole World - the world's first atlas of this kind.
Works
After his creative period as a map editor, he wrote the following works:
- 1801 Library of Jokes (6 volumes)
- 1808 picture newspaper for children (six languages)
- 1809 Sinn- und Herzmann, or Who rules Austria now?
- 1809 Catechism of the latest description of the earth (2nd edition 1818)
- 1810 On the marriage of Napoleon and Ludoviken
- 1813 Noradin or Feen-Helden-Ritter- und Romanen-Spiegel (2nd edition 1814; his main literary work)
- 1813 Sketched biographies of the most famous generals in Austria from Maximilian I to Franz II.
- 1816 epistles in three books (2nd edition 1819)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, p. 198 ( digitized version ).
- K. Adel: Reilly Franz Johann Josef (von). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 39 f. (Direct links on p. 39 , p. 40 ).
- Johannes Dörflinger : Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 334 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Reilly, Franz Johann Joseph von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian publisher and cartographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1766 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1820 |
Place of death | Vienna |