ARTIST: Johann Baptist Homann
PUBLISHER: Published by J. B. Homann/ Homann heirs, Nuremberg.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving handcolored,
DATE: c.1730.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/8 x 22 1/2" (486 x 570 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: 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. Homann's map are generally finely engraved
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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