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HOMANN, Johann Baptist(1664 Oberkammlach - 1724 Nuremberg)
Title sheet of the Atlas Novus
Colored engraving. Circa 1720.
Passepartout detail: 45.5 x 24 cm. Framed & behind glass : 57 x 36.5 cm.
Detailed title-page of the Great Atlas on the Whole World, inscribed "Atlas novus terrarum orbis imperia regna et status exactis tabulis geographice demonstrans"; shown with globe with Europe and Africa, surrounded by birds, mammals, and figures of Greek mythology as Hermes, Atlas, 3 gods of the winds (Boreas, Euros, and Notos ?), Poseidon, Demeter etc. Stick stained, traces of handling.
German cartographer, engraver, publisher and globe maker; most important German publisher of atlases and maps in the 18th century
Limit 150 €
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