ACCURATER GRUNDRISS U GEGEND..HAUPT UND RESIDENTZ-STADT LONDON
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Very attractive map of London and the surrounding area.. mostly North of the river with a series of Insets showing Palaces and important buildings in early eighteenth century London.
The map extends to Windsor, High Barnett, Rainham and Norwood. decorated with inset views of Windsor Castle, the royal palaces at Hampton Court and Kensington, and the King's Hospitals at Chelsea and Greenwich.
Decorative cartouche with Heraldic device. Figures decorating map.
Original colour with added colour on insets.
Some minor stain on back barely visible from front.
Very good condition.
HOWGEGO: 58.
code : M3355
Cartographer : Homann
Date : 1720c Nuremberg
Size : 49.5*59 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
The Family HOMANN
Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) started his career in Amsterdam as an apprentice with the Danckerts family before returning to Nuremberg to establish himself in business in 1702. The firm quickly became the principal geographical publishers in Germany and in 1715 Homann was appointed Geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor and he was also a member of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences. His publications included the “Neuer Atlas Ueber Die Gantze Welt ...” in 1707-. The “Grosser Atlas ...” of 1716- and the “Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperioa” in c.1720, as well as many others. Johann died in 1724 and was succeeded by his son Johann Christoph who died in 1730. After his death the firm took the name Homann’s Heirs and continued thereafter until 1813. Publications with the Homann’s Heirs’ imprint included the “Grosser Atlas” in 1731, Doppelmays’r “Atlas Coelestis ...” in 1742 and the “Atlas Geographicus Maior ...” in 1753-, amongst others. Throughout this entire period the firm were the leading map publishers in Germany, employing a number of very important cartographers
