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Nürnberg, 1784. In excellent condition.. 48.3 x 52 cm (19 x 20,5 inches).. Old colored copperplate engraving after F. L. Güssefeld by Homann Erben, 1784. With French head title ("Representation de Cercle de Bas-Saxe") This antique map shows all of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, as well as part of Holstein. - Title cartouche at the bottom right, cartouche with mile marker on the left. Header title in French.

Nürnberg: Homann, 1729. In excellent condition. 565 by 477mm (22 by 18 inches).. 565 by 477mm (22 by 18 inches).. Original antique copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash when published. Detailreiche Karte des Gebietes östlich von Hamburg, ehemaliges Herzogtums Sachsen-Lauenburg. Oben links eine Insetkarte des Landes Hadeln. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine historische Landschaft an der unteren niedersächsischen Elbe. Unten links die prachtvolle unkolorierte Titelkartusche mit zahlreichen Allegorien. Im Zentrum der Darstellung der Titel eingraviert auf einen Sockel. Die Göttin Pax zeigt neben ihren Attributen verschiedene Wappen, unter anderem des Hauses Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Unter ihr die Darstellung einer Schlacht. Im linken unteren Eck ist Heinrich der Löwe in Rüstung mit einem Löwen eingraviert. Am rechten Bildrand ein von einem Putti getragener Meilenzeiger.Detailed map of the area east of Hamburg, former Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg. An inset map of the country of… Read More

Nürnberg: Homann Heirs, 1733. Other. Published plano without a centre fold. In excellent condition. 455 by 554mm (18 by 21 inches).. 455 by 554mm (18 by 21 inches).. Original antique copper engraving in full contemporary hand color in wash and outline when published. In the right corner of the picture there is a title cartouche with a floral border in the middle, as well as an inset card with the Fossa Carolina near Dietfurt a.d. at the top right. Altmühl. Historical map of the Nordgau based on the drawing by Johann Heinrich v. Falkenstein. Johann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas.Homann was born in Oberkammlach near Kammlach in the Electorate of Bavaria. Although educated at a Jesuit school, and preparing for an ecclesiastical career, he eventually converted to Protestantism and from 1687 worked as a civil law notary in Nuremberg. He soon turned to engraving and cartography; in 1702 he founded his own… Read More

Nürnberg: Homann, J. B. (Homann’s Heirs), 1780. In very good condition and in full original colors. Small wormhole at the bottom of the center fold. Some waterstains.. 46 x 57,4 cm (18 x 22,5 inches).. Original antique copper engraving in full contemporary hand color in wash and outline when published. The map shows the March of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Pomerania. On the right is the title cartouche, including three-column explanations. At the top left there is a legend about the different sized places and below the mile marker. On the left below the border line with the engraver's signature "I.M. Schmidt sc. Nor." The very decorative map replaces the map "Tabula Marchionatus Brandenburgici Et Ducatus Pomeraniae.", which was published by Homann more than 50 years earlier.