ARTIST: Johann Baptist Homann
PUBLISHER: J. B. Homann/Homann heirs, Nuremberg.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1730.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/8 x 22 5/16" (485 x 566 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine map showing parts Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Saint Petersburg is shown as well. Homan was a German engraver and publisher who established himself and his family in Nuremberg in 1702. He published his first atlas, "Atlas Novus" in 1707, and in recognition of this achievement, he was elected to the Berlin Academy of Sciences. In 1715 Homann was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. Homann died in 1724 and his business was continued by his family under the name Homann's Heirs into the late 18th century.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Damp staining and foxing along lower edge. Original hand coloring.
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