Folded lithograph, in 16° (166 x 264 mm). Inserted in a marbled cardboard cover, paper label on the front cover with the handwritten title, leather spine. Lithographed title page, two pages of text with a historical and statistical summary followed by a view measuring 105 x 2087 mm. The first summary outlines the history of Istria from 500 BC, when the Istrians moved from the Black Sea to the Adriatic, until 1813 when the region was reconquered by Austria. The brief overview concludes with the news that steam navigation was introduced in 1845. The statistical summary contains brief geographical and economic information. A splendid panorama of the western Istrian coast drawn by the Trieste painter Giuseppe Rieger, lithographed in sepia and folded several times. It includes the coastline from Trieste to Pula. In August 1838, Lloyd Austriaco inaugurated a regular service from Trieste to the Bay of Kotor. To illustrate its itineraries, the company commissioned Giuseppe Rieger to reproduce the landscapes and ports of Istria and Dalmatia. This extraordinary seascape depicts the view from Trieste (via Capo d'Istria, Isola, Pirano, Umago, Cittanova, Parenzo, Rovigno, Is. Brioni) to Pola; it shows us the configuration of the mountains, hills, and cities; it indicates the names of the localities and prominent peaks, the heights above sea level, the population of the cities, the distances, and even the characteristics of particular buildings. A fine copy with minimal marginal foxing on the folds of some sheets. One restoration at the end of the last sheet.