Probably the most valuable part of the Moll Collection, though probably not very attractive for public, are the original map inventory catalogues. They are not mere records of the maps and graphics contained in the collection, but in many cases, there are more detailed records about each item and even about the maps that are not included in the collection, but that Bernhard Paul Moll was aware of. Usually there is a more detailed explanation on what is shown in a particular work and what were the circumstances of its creation. Especially in cases of numerous hand-drawn depictions catalogues contain information or a straight transcript of messages from local informants, whose reports were crucial for the final image. For example, the works regarding Moravia were based upon official reports from a state official and a famous historian Josef Dismas Hoffer. In the case of the Hungarian lands the Moll map inventory catalogues represent the first treatise ever on the cartographic depiction of the territory. Some catalogues have been preserved in several versions, or in abstracts, traditionally there were also registered volumes in the collection that have a connection with it but were created later than the collection itself. Other variants of the catalogue exist in Budapest, Graz, and Innsbruck. Geyer΄s drawings were discovered in the Berlin State Library.
Bernhard Paul Moll's map inventory catalogues
White Catalogues
A separate chapter presents the state of preservation of map inventory catalogues. The final edition is represented by 20 volumes of the so-called White Catalogues, whose designation derives from their parchment book covers.
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. I, Tom. I
Lower Austria I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,1
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. II, Tom. II
Lower Austria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,2
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. III, Tom. III
Lower Austria III
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,3
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. IV, Tom. IV
Lower Austria IV
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,4
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. V, Tom. V
Lower Austria V
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,5
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. VI, Tom. VI-VIII
Lower Austria VI, Vienna I, Vienna II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,6
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. VII, Tom. IX-X
Upper Austria I, Upper Austria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,7
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. VIII, Tom. XI-XII
Tyrol I, Tyrol II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,8
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. IX, Tom. XIII-XIV
Carinthia I, Carinthia II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,9
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. X, Tom. XV-XVI
Carniola I, Carniola II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,10
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. XI, Tom. XVII-XVIII
Styria I, Styria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,11
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. XII, Tom. XIX
Styria III
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,12
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. XIII, Tom. XX-XXIII
Bohemia I, Bohemia II, Moravia, Silesia
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,13
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. XIV, Tom. XXIV-XXX
Austrian Netherlands I, Austrian Netherlands II, Austrian Netherlands III, Austrian Netherlands IV, Republic of the United Netherlands I, Republic of the United Netherlands II, Republic of the United Netherlands III
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,14
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Atlantis Austriaci Vol. XV, Tom. XXXI-XL
General maps of Italy, Kingdom of Sardinia, Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Modena, Parma and Genoa, Papal States I, Papal States II, Papal States III, Toscany, Kingdom of Naples and Sicily
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,15
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Atlantis Germanici Vol. III, Tom. XI-XVII
The Upper Saxon Circle I, The Upper Saxon Circle II, The Upper Saxon Circle III, The Upper Saxon Circle IV, The Upper Saxon Circle V, The Lower Saxon Circle I, The Lower Saxon Circle II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,19
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Atlantis Germanici Vol. IV, Tom. XVIII-XXIV
The Swabian Circle I, The Swabian Circle II, The Westphalian Circle I, The Westphalian Circle II, The Old Swiss Confederacy I, The Old Swiss Confederacy II, Waters of Germany
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,20
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Duplicates of the White Catalogues
For a certain number of the White Catalogues duplicates have been preserved.
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Atlas Germanicus Geo-Hydro-Choro-Topo-Ichnographicus
Waters of Germany
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,21
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Atlas Austriacus Vol. I, Tom. I
Lower Austria I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,22
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Older Moll's Catalogues
Older versions of Moll's catalogues were bound in brown half-cloth binding after 1907. They have been preserved for only part of the collection (volumes II-XII and XV -XIX of the Austrian atlas and volumes I-X and XVIII-XXIV of the German atlas). To these volumes were also tied the oldest concepts of catalogues. They present a valuable evidence of the gradual process of building up the collection.
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. II
Lower Austria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,23
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. III-IV
Lower Austria III, Lower Austria IV
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,24
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. V
Lower Austria V
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,25
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. VI
Lower Austria VI
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,26
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. VII
Vienna I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,27
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. VIII
Vienna II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,28
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. IX-X
Upper Austria I, Upper Austria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,29
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XI-XII
Tyrol I, Tyrol II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,30
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XV
Carniola I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,31
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XVI
Carniola II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,32
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XIX
Styria III
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,33
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![Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XIIX[!]](/thumbnails/rukopisy/Moll-RKP-0090.900,34.jpg "Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XIIX[!]")
Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XIIX[!]
Styria II
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,34
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Atlantis Austriaci Tom. XVII
Styria I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,35
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Atlantis Germanici Tom. XI
The Upper Saxon Circle I
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,38
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Vockel's Overviews
The more recent group of catalogues presents overviews of both atlases produced apparently on the request of Moll's heirs after his death. These overviews were complemented with documentation regarding the processing of the collection in the 1950s. They most likely served as lists for potential buyers.
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Uibersicht des Atlaßes von den Oesterreichischen Erbländern
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,40
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Verzeichniß des abgehenden Landkarten
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,41
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Uibersicht des Atlaßes von Deutschland
Shelfmark: Moll-RKP-0090.900,42
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Data for Map Inventories
The last part presents five books originally stored outside the Moll Collection, however, which apparently belonged to it in the past. They are probably reports by local experts requested by Moll as a basis for graphic depictions.
![[Carniola T. II.]](/thumbnails/rukopisy/RKP2-0047.948,2.jpg "[Carniola T. II.]")
![[Carinthia. T. III.]](/thumbnails/rukopisy/RKP2-0047.948,3.jpg "[Carinthia. T. III.]")
![[Tyrol. T. IV]](/thumbnails/rukopisy/RKP2-0047.948,4.jpg "[Tyrol. T. IV]")
![[Styria. T. V.]](/thumbnails/rukopisy/RKP2-0047.948,5.jpg "[Styria. T. V.]")
