The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola

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The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre des Herzogtums Crain, Slava vojvodine Kranjske) is Janez Vajkard Valvasor's most important work on the natural history of his homeland Carniola, a central part of the present-day Slovenia.

Concerned that foreigners did not know his region well enough, he undertook the presentation of Carniola in words and pictures, installing a copperplate workshop at his Bogenšperk Castle near Litija and publishing collections of his work. Written in German.

The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola was published in 1689 in 15 volumes, lavishly illustrated with 528 copperplate engravings. It is an encyclopedia of natural history, Slovenian customs and folklore, history, and the topography of a region that makes up a large part of present-day Slovenia.

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• Valvasors Copper engravings from The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola

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1. ^ Janez Vajkard Valvasor, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689, reprint 1984 by Mladinska knjiga (COBISS)