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Johann Baptist Homann, copper engraving map of Bavaria In the upper right corner splendid figurative cartouche and therein titled "Bavariae Circulus et Electorat...", depicting the area between Bayreuth in the north, Wels in the east, Innsbruck in the south and Nördlingen in the west, coloured copper engraving on laid paper, around 1720, two lines of text above the depiction, beautiful strong impression, usual fold line in the centre, somewhat browned in the margins, depiction dimensions, without writing approx. 55.5 x 47.5 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 62 x 53 cm. Artist's information: German engraver, publisher and Jesuit (1664 Kambach to 1724 Nuremberg), probably pupil of David Funck, founded his own publishing house "Homännisches Landkarten-Offizin" around 1702, 1715 member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, Emperor Charles VI. Emperor Charles VI awarded him the title of "Imperial Geographer" and the Russian Tsar Peter the Great appointed Homann "Imperial Russian Agent", active in Vienna, Leipzig and Nuremberg, among other places, Source: Thieme-Becker and Internet.

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Johann Baptist Homann, copper engraving map of Bavaria In the upper right corner splendid figurative cartouche and therein titled "Bavariae Circulus et Electorat...", depicting the area between Bayreuth in the north, Wels in the east, Innsbruck in the south and Nördlingen in the west, coloured copper engraving on laid paper, around 1720, two lines of text above the depiction, beautiful strong impression, usual fold line in the centre, somewhat browned in the margins, depiction dimensions, without writing approx. 55.5 x 47.5 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 62 x 53 cm. Artist's information: German engraver, publisher and Jesuit (1664 Kambach to 1724 Nuremberg), probably pupil of David Funck, founded his own publishing house "Homännisches Landkarten-Offizin" around 1702, 1715 member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, Emperor Charles VI. Emperor Charles VI awarded him the title of "Imperial Geographer" and the Russian Tsar Peter the Great appointed Homann "Imperial Russian Agent", active in Vienna, Leipzig and Nuremberg, among other places, Source: Thieme-Becker and Internet.

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Two German maps of Bavaria and Lower Bavaria, Augsburg/Nuremberg, 1st half of the 18th century Georg Matthäus Seutter (1678 - 1757) in Augsburg, a hand-colored copper engraving map of Bavaria. Top right cartouche with portrait of the emperor, detailed description and name of the cartographer, framed by antique figures and the Bavarian coat of arms in a double-headed eagle. Legend and scales at bottom left and right. Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724) in Nuremberg, also a hand-colored copper engraving map of Lower Bavaria. Top left cartouche with detailed description and name of the cartographer framed by erotes, with the crowned Bavarian lozenge shield. Legend and scales at top right. One map in a glazed strip frame, the other in a partially gilded, also glazed profile frame. Dimensions framed 55 x 63 cm and 68 x 59 cm respectively. Condition: II -

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Johann Baptist Homann, 1663-1724. A rare hand-colored map of "Bavaria Circulus et Electorat in suasquaque Dittiones tam cum Adiaacentibus. Quam Insertis Regionibus accuratisime divifus per Io: Baptistam Homannum Norimberge". This hand-colored map of Bavaria in Southern Germany and portions of Austria and Switzerland was created by Johann Baptist Homann and published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1716. It includes Munich, Salzburg, Passau, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Innsbruck. The map details cities, forts, mountains, forests, and lakes, as well as districts. The beautiful elaborate cartouche in the upper right depicts people, cherubs, lions, weapons, an armorial royal crest, and decorative scrollwork. Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 20 in., (60 x 51 cm.) Original map has been cut in half and then put together. The borders are back on white paper. Minor foxing on edges. Map appears to be strong.

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