Deák Antal András: A Duna fölfedezése
Tartalom - III.A DANUBIUS PANNONICO-MYSICUS, 1726
T II E DISCOVERY OF THE DANUBE The following account can be found on a would start engraving the astronomical part 10x15 cm piece of paper together with the of the Geography volume. 17 4 above document, also from Eimmart 17 2: The work was finally accomplished by The list of the things that I, G. C. Eimmart, had to prepare for the Danube monograph, and the sums that were allocated for copperplate and fees: For the Geography volume 290 For the Astronomy volume 330 For the Roman antiquities volume 327 For the Birds volume 826 Furthermore for Diana and a bull's head for the volume on miscellaneous observations 30 Altogether in accordance with the contract: 1803 Works accomplished up to now: Half of the Birds volume, for which as fee and the copperplates 413 The entire Roman antiquities volume 327 Altogether: 740 In the meantime, his student, J.C. Müller's respect began to fade. A certain superiority towards his former master can be felt in Müller's letters to Marsigli written in this period. When Marsigli asked Müller to advise Eimmart on how to find a way of using sufficiently fine lines he pleaded he was not to blame that Eimmart did not work up to Marsigli's standards. 17 3 He had explained him how the lines of the Danube sections should be engraved and Eimmart had promised do so, but the result appeared to be the contrary. He had carried out the work on the Buda section with great care to show Eimmart how fine the lines should be that he used. If the repeated trials should prove fruitless, he suggested that Fleischmann be charged with the work, who, it seemed, was born for such fine jobs. Eimmart became sick and spent the winter in bed so he had not finished anything apart from the Antiquities volume, Müller reported Fleischmann after Eimmart's death. 175 August Christian Fleischmann was originally charged with the engraving of the legends of the figures since he was an expert in the use of fine lines. One of Müller's letters tells us that he engraved the legends on the maps as well. 17 6 It is possible that he would have been given the work of engraving the 18 Danube sections if Marsigli had not fallen out of favor with the emperor in 1704. Even Müller, and especially Schoder, who we shall meet later, would have liked to pass this part of the work on to him. The fruits of lobbying for Fleischmann, however, never had time to ripen. The consequences of an unexpected turn in the Spanish war of succession, led to fatal consequences for Marsigli and his work. At that time Marsigli was serving on the German front and this was where Müller and his colleagues sent him the test drawings and prints for checking. to Marsigli, but as soon as he recovered, he 17 2 The document is not dated. It can be found between the pages of letter BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 82. No. 46. 17 3 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 80. B. pp. 112 - 115. Nürnberg, October 11, 1702. 17 4 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 82. pp. 118-119. Nürnberg, February 2, 1703. 17 5 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 80. C. pp. 33-34. Joh. Heinrich Müller, Nürnberg, March 19, 1705. 17 6 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 82. II. 94. J. C. Müller, Nürnberg, September 8, 1702. (Fleischmann has finished one of the works and will soon be ready with the other. He has completed the engraving of the two Danube sections. He will draft the next one in ink to work out how the inscriptions should be arranged.) 123
