ARTIST: The Homann Heirs
PUBLISHER: Published by the Homann Heirs, Nuremberg.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1745.
EDITION SIZE: 17 1/8 x 21 5/8" (435 x 551 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION:
ADDITIONAL INFO: A fine map of the Oberhausen province of Germany. The city of Giessen is show in the lower right. Johann Baptist Homann, 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. Homann's map are generally finely engraved, although often in a rather heavy handed style. The normal coloring for his maps is with an attractive wash color with the cartouches uncolored.
CONDITION: Good condition. Original handcoloring.
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