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Wikipedia: The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola is Janez Vajkard Valvasor's most important work on history and natural history of his homeland Carniola, a central part of the present-day Slovenia. Concerned that outsiders 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.
![[The title page of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Slava_vojvodine_Kranjske_s.jpg "The title page of The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689")
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