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HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664 Oberkammlach - 1724 Nuremberg)
5 historical maps
5 colored copper engravings.
Each approx. 52 x 61 cm.
Map of the Rhine region, sheet: 61 x 52 cm. Detailed map of the course of the Rhine from Lake Constance to the North Sea, with figurative title cartouche "Theatrum Belli Rhenani [...]" and schematic general view of Landau, large figurative cartouche lower left "Fluviorium Rheni, Mosae ac Mosella [..]" and with secondary map of the source area of the Rhine, legend and mileage markers, ca. 1720. Sheet foxed, backed centerfold, browned margins | Map of the Imperial District of Lower Saxony, sheet: 52 x 61 cm. Detailed map of the northern part of Germany, with figurative title cartouche "Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris [...]", mileage markers, c. 1730. Sheet foxed, backglued centerfold, lower part cracked and backglued, margins browned | Map of the Franconian Imperial District, sheet: 61 x 52 cm. Detailed map of the Franconian Imperial District with the course of the Rhine, with figurative title cartouche "Electoratus Moguntinus ut et palati: infer Hassiae [...]", upper margin with title in German "Anderer und mindere Theil des gantzen hochlöbl. Fränkischen Craisses, mit welchem zugleich das Ertz- Stift- und ChurFürstenthum Mayntz [...]", mileage scale, ca. 1710. Sheet foxed, centerfold glued behind, margins browned | Map of the Iberian Peninsula, sheet: 52 x 61 cm. Detailed map of the Iberian Peninsula with Spain and Portugal, with coat of arms and allegorical title cartouche "Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae [...]", mileage markers and title in Spanish in the upper margin, noteworthy are the old roads marked, ca. 1728. Sheet with strong handling marks and foxing, backglued centrefold, lower margin reinforced | Map of Veneto, sheet: 52 x 61 cm. Detailed map of the northern part of Italy, with Veneto, Mantua, Emilia-Romagna and the Gulf of Venice, figurative title cartouche "Dominii Veneti cum Vicinis Parmae Mutinae Mantuae et Mirandoli [...]", legend and mileage signs, ca. 1725. Sheet with heavy handling marks and foxing, glued centerfold.
German cartographer, engraver, publisher and globe maker; most important German publisher of atlases and maps in the 18th century
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