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3779 - Johann Baptist Homann, Map of Asia
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Johann Baptist Homann, Map of Asia published by Homann’s heirs; in the lower left-hand corner, a figurative cartouche labelled here “Asia secundum legitimas projectionis...Homannianorum Hered. A. 1744”, depicting the region between Spitsbergen in the north, New Guinea in the east, Sumatra in the south and Madrid in the west; a distorted representation reminiscent of the perspective of a globe; a partially coloured copperplate engraving; the usual crease in the centre; slight signs of wear; framed under a passe-partout and behind glass; Dimensions of the image (excluding text) approx. 47 x 55 cm. Artist’s biography: German copperplate engraver, publisher and Jesuit (1664, Kambach - 1724, Nuremberg), presumably a pupil of David Funck; founded his own publishing house, the “Homännisches Landkarten-Offizin”, around 1702; in 1715 he became a member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences; Emperor Charles VI conferred upon him the title of ‘Imperial Geographer’ and the Russian Tsar Peter the Great appointed Homann as ‘Imperial Russian Agent’, active in Vienna, Leipzig and Nuremberg; source: Thieme-Becker and the internet.
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Auction 124, Day 3Auction house
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