3778 - Homann’s Heirs, Map of the Upper Saxon District

Homann’s Heirs, Map of the Upper Saxon District bottom right: cartouche labelled ‘The southern part of the Upper Saxon District …’, depicting the area between Spandau in the north, Sagan in the east, Eger in the south and Heiligenstadt in the west; a flat-coloured copperplate engraving, c. 1730; crease smoothed out; slightly trimmed at the top edge of the sheet; minor signs of age; dimensions of the illustration approx. 40 x 56.5 cm; sheet dimensions approx. 49 x 60.5 cm. Information on Homann’s heirs: Johann Baptist Homann (1664, Kambach - 1724, Nuremberg), German copperplate engraver, publisher and Jesuit, founded his own publishing house, the ‘Homännisches Landkarten-Offizin’, around 1702; he operated in Vienna, Leipzig and Nuremberg, amongst other places; following his death on 1 July 1724, his business passed 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; following his death in 1730, the company continued under the name ‘Homannsche Erben’ (French: Héritiers de Homann; Latin: Homannianos Heredes) and only ceased trading in 1848 upon the death of its last owner, Christoph Franz Fembo. Source: Thieme-Becker and the internet.