64 - Homann, Johann Baptist. *Grosser atlas über die ganze Welt*. Nuremberg, Homann, approximately 1720–30. An important 18th-century geographical atlas Nuremberg, Homann, approximately 1720–30.

Homann, Johann Baptist. *Grosser atlas über die ganze Welt*. Nuremberg, Homann, approximately 1720–30. An important 18th-century geographical atlas Nuremberg, Homann, approximately 1720–30. Folio (535 x 320 mm); [6], 42 pages. Frontispiece, title page in red and black type, 122 maps with contemporary coloring, numbered in the original from 4 to 126 (some pages missing from the first few maps, scattered light red stains, a few small woodworm holes at the end of the volume, some stains and water stains.) Binding in full antique parchment. An important large-format cartographic collection, featuring 122 finely engraved and hand-watercolored maps from the period, dedicated to the various continents, countries, and territories of the known world. The maps, rich in geographical and ornamental details, include numerous illustrated cartouches and constitute a significant testament to European cartography of the period. Johann Baptist Homann was one of the most important German cartographers and publishers of the early 18th century. His publishing house, founded in Nuremberg in 1702, quickly became one of Europe’s leading cartographic enterprises, renowned for the decorative richness and accuracy of its maps. Important 18th-century atlas