OVERALL SIZE: approx 6 x 8 1/2 INCHES.

FROM THE PREFACE: The Maps and Plans, on which special care has been bestowed, are based on the Topographical Atlas of Switzerland and on Dufour's Map, and revised with the aid of other recent authorities and from the Editor's own experiences.

CONDITION: Map with folds. Very Good Condition. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful detail. Blank on Reverse side. This beautiful item would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.

General info of The city of Berne (Bernese German Bärn, German Bern , French Berne, Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the "Bundesstadt" (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). Language: German, or more specifically, Bernese German, which is a high-Alemannic dialect. The Canton of Bern has a French-speaking part. Very few people still speak the Matteänglisch, a secret language used in the former workers' quarter Matte, but several words have found their way in the Bernese German.Bern also functions as the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.Bern lies in the Swiss plateau part of the Canton of Bern, somewhat to the west of the center of Switzerland. The landscape around Bern was formed by glaciers in the last ice age. The two mountains closest to Bern are the Gurten with a height of 858 meters and the Bantiger with a height of 947 meters. The site of the old observatory in Bern is the origin of the CH1903 coordinate system, its international coordinates are 46° 57? 08.66? N, 7° 26? 22.50? E.The city was originally built on a peninsula of the river Aare but outgrew the natural boundaries of the river in the 19th century. The following bridges were built to allow the city to grow outside of the boundaries imposed by the river: * 1844 Nydeggbrücke * 1883 Kirchenfeldbrücke * 1898 Kornhausbrücke The city is built on very uneven ground. There are several dozens of meters in height difference from the quarters down at the Aare (e.g. Matte, Marzili) to the higher ones. (e.g. Kirchenfeld, Langasse).