Atlas Germaniae Specialis [with] Grosser Atlas Uber die Gantze Welt.

£95,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

'The most important and prolific mapmakers of the eighteenth century' The Homann family, starting with Johann Baptist Homann (c.1663-1724), and his son, Johann Christoph Homann (c.1703-1730) dominated atlas production in Germany between 1702 and 1803. Following a long period of Dutch hegemony of the profession, J.B. Homann published his first atlas 'Atlas Novus Terrarum' in Nuremberg in 1707, and quickly acquired great respect and influence in Germany. The success of the first atlas 'allowed him to increase his rate of production to almost one map a month until, in 1712, the atlas programme involved one hundred sheets' (Heinz). Homann was made a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, and then, in 1715, he was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. In addition to maps of Germany complete with town plans, Homann produced a 'Neuer Atlas' in 1714 and a 'Grosser Atlas' in 1737. After Johann Baptist's death his son directed the firm, until 1730 when it was bequeathed to his heirs (Franz, Hase or Hasius, and Ebersperger) on condition that it continued to trade under the name of Homann Heirs. This firm had a wide influence on map publishing in Germany over the hundred years of its operation. 2 vols, folio (55 x 35.5 cm); A total of 318 double page illustrations comprising the following: Atlas Germaniae: title printed in red and black, 169 double-page maps, four of which are folding, with contemporary hand colour (apart from town plans for Rouen and Versailles which are in black and

• Binding: Hardcover

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