The map consists of four distinct rectangular sheets, joined by a fabric support. On the right it is written: "CHARTER / TOPOGRAPHIC / of the STATES OF PARMA / To His Majesty the Princess / Imperial / MARIA LUIGIA / ARCIDUCHESSA OF AUSTRIA / Duchess of Parma Piacenza and Guastalla / The Count Karacsay Colonel I.R. / Of Austria". Below, there is the "Geographic Mileage Scale". On the housing is the inscription: "TOPOGRAPHIC CARD OF THE STATES OF PARMA".