Reisz T. Csaba: Magyarország általános térképének elkészítése a 19. század első évtizedében - Lipszky János és segítői térképészeti vállalkozásának ismertetése (Budapest, 2002)
IDEGEN NYELVŰ ÖSSZEFOGLALÓK - The Making of Hungary’s First General Map in the first Decade of the 19th Century. The Cartographic Enterprise of János Lipszky
tion of the map was a successful venture, as until spring 1812 expenses amounted to 60,686.32 forints, while its income totalled 89,126.04 forints. Sale and distribution The main distributor of the Lipszky-map was the Kilián Brothers Booksellers in Pest. The number of booksellers in Pest-Buda increased significantly following the liberalizing regulations issues by enlightened rulers, particularly those of Joseph II: while in 1785 only six booksellers operated in the town, their number rose to ten already in 1790. One of the participants of this prosperity was Adám Kilián, who managed the Pest branch of the Viennese József Stachel from 1789. He launched his own business in 1794 with his brother György under the name of Kilián Brothers Booksellers. Their descendants carried on the firm until it went bankrupt in 1853. The bookseller firm’s main activity focused on distribution rather than publishing. The Kilián brothers took part in several of Lipszky’s undertakings, and in 1802 intended to distribute the maps of the free towns of Pest and Buda. Although this experiment failed, the working relationship continued. On 1 December 1803 Lipszky reported in the Zeitschrift von und für Ungem that his work is not identical with maps that are already commercially available and it will only be printed in rather limited numbers. For this reason, Lipszky advertised subscriptions that would allow him to obtain information regarding the number of print copies needed. Subscribers could only subscribe to the 9+3 page long map (Mappa generalis), the Repertorium and the overview map (Tabula generalis) together, as the authors intended these to be an organic unit. The Kilián Brothers were named as the main distributor of the map, and the Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir in Vienna. Subscriptions were available until end of August 1804. On 20 February 1804, the Kilián brothers praised the map in a bilingual (German-Hungarian) announcement and informed the public that the subscription price of the map will be 60 forints, but it’s store price “will be highly increased.” On 1 October 1804 the booksellers published a repeated announcement that gave information about the publication of the first map unit, which allows subscribers to decide about ordering the map. The Kilián Brothers Booksellers managed the distribution of the map until 1809. The description of János Lipszky’s cartographic undertaking (Chapter 6) János Lipszky’s Hungary map is made up of three parts: the 9-page long large and detailed general map, the Mappa generalis was published between 1804—1808, to be followed in 1808 by the index, the Repertorium which contains all settlements and other geographical items contained on the map, and finally in 1810 the overview map, the Tabula generalis, the last piece of the undertaking. Individual sub-chapters 450
