LATVIA & ESTONIA 1825 VON SCHLIEBEN ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC MAP Description Russland. Gouv. 3, Esthland 4, Livland 5, Kurkand. Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1825 Wilhelm Ernst August von Schlieben's original colored lithographic map of Latvia, Estonia and surrounding countries. The map notes cities, towns, rivers, fjords and islands. Date: 1825 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 25,2 x 31,1 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map old original colored. Small foxing and browning. Small marginal tears. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Wilhelm Ernst August von Schlieben (also Wilhelm von Schlieben, 1781-1839) was a German cartographer and statistician. Schlieben was the son of the appellate councilor Seyfried Ernst von Schlieben (1740–1786) and came from the noble Schlieben family. He initially received private lessons in his parents' home before completing the cadet college in Dresden in 1793. The young officer left the institution in 1799 and returned to it in 1800 as a teacher of military science . In 1803 he finally left the academy with the rank of captain. Schlieben was also involved in measuring degrees in Thuringia between 1800 and 1807. He subsequently received a position as senior surveyor in 1807. In 1815 he was promoted to director of camera surveying and finally to supervisor of the Saxon Civil Planning Chamber in 1823. In this context he also received the title of Chamber Councilor. In 1831, Schlieben was one of the founding members of the Statistical Association for the Kingdom of Saxony, on whose board he was a member. From 1831 to 1839, 12 volumes of the communications of the statistical association for the Kingdom of Saxony were published under his direction. Publisher: Georg Joachim Gцschen (22 April 1752 – 5 April 1828) was a German publisher and bookseller in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, notable for typography and his publications of music and philosophy. He was the patriarch of the Goschen family, whose English branch rose to prominence as bankers and politicians, including the Viscounts Goschen and Goschen baronets.