Homanns Erben, Karte "Der österreichische Kreis" In the upper left area cartouche and legend, depiction of the area between Wunsiedel in the north, Canischa (today Nagykanizsa)/Hungary in the east, Parma and Adrie in the south and Basel in the west, partly coloured copper engraving, in the upper area dated "...1788", fold line in the centre, browned and tears in the margins, matted and framed behind glass, dimensions approx. 45 x 56 cm. Info Homann's heirs: Johann Baptist Homann (1664 Kambach to 1724 Nuremberg, German engraver, publisher and Jesuit), founded his own publishing house "Homännisches Landkarten-Offizin" around 1702, active in Vienna, Leipzig and Nuremberg, among other places, after his death on 1 July 1724 his business was passed on to his son Dr. Johann Christoph Homann (1703-1730), who appointed his two managing directors Johann Georg Ebersberger (or Ebersperger) and Johann Michael Franz as heirs to the business. After his death in 1730, the company was continued under the name "Homannsche Erben" (French: Heritiers de Homann, Latin: Homannianos Heredes) and only ceased to exist in 1848 with the death of the last owner Christoph Franz Fembo, source: Thieme-Becker and Internet.