Full title: "Atlas containing ten maps of Poland exhibiting the political changes that country has experienced during the last sixty years from 1772 to the present time"
A historical atlas published in London, showing the process of partitioning the Polish Republic and further divisions of its territory as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. The map falls within the Ossolineum’s collecting scope which focuses on works concerning Poland and related to Poland. The atlas is bound in linen, dimensions 49.5 × 33.5 cm. Scale ca. 1: 2 900 000. It contains: title page, dedication page, 2 pages with text information and tables: “Geographical, historical [...] table [...]” along with 10 leaves with maps: 8 historical maps depicting Poland in different years between 1772 and 1831, and 2 thematic maps devoted to religious and linguistic issues.
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