Hungarian and Hungary-related maps from before 1945 in the HCSO Library

Abstract

There are 3749 maps from before 1945 included in the collection of HCSO Library (the map collection consists of 14 500 documents in total). In this article we examine 2112 maps (56% of those from the pre-1945 period, all of which are Hungarian or Hungary-related publications. A large number of these maps have been issued by the former Cartographic Section of HCSO, but, because of the legal deposit right of the HCSO Library, many originate from other publishers.