PARIS AGRI PARISIENSIS
£195
Handsome early 18th-century map of the region around Paris is remarkably well detailed to the point of showing the layout of the gardens at Versailles and at Chantilly.Cartouche with fleur-de-lys beneath a crown and a banner with the title supported by cherubs. The map extends from Chantilly in the north to Fontainebleu in the southeast.Very good original colour.Mint condition.code : M700
Cartographer : Homann Family
Date : 1720c Nuremberg
Size : 57*48cms
availability : Available
Price : £195
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
