Title of the map:

"Regnorum HISPANIAE et PORTUGALLIAE Tabula generalis de l'Isliana ....Ioh. Bapt. Homanno  S.C.M.  Geogr. Norimbergoe"

Large antique copper engraved map of Spain & Portugal, by HOMANN Heirs. The map includes the Balearic Islands and a part of the northern coast of Africa. The map shows early roads, and is decorated with a nice title cartouche supported by two mermen and containing the coats of arms of the fourteen Spanish provinces. A second cartouche at lower left and an Spanish title above the map: "El Reyno de Sepanna Dividido en Dos Grandes Estados de Aragon y de Castilla, Subdividido en Muchas Provincias, donde se Halla Tambien el Reyno de Portugal."

Johann Baptist Homann was the most prolific map publisher of the 18th Century. He founded his company in 1702. In 1705, he became the Geograph of the Emperor Charles VI. In the same year, he was also Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. They protected the authors in all scientific fields such as printers, copper engravers, map makers and publishers. In 1716 Homann published his "Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt" (Grand Atlas of all the World). Some maps were drawned with the engraver Christoph Weigel the Elder. Homann died in Nuremberg. He was succeeded by the Homann heirs company, which was in business until 1848. 

Condition : small aureols in each upper corner, small repairs on center fold, reinforced paper on the back of the margins, in colors

Edition : Nuremberg, c. 1730, 18th century.

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A Certification of Authenticity can be issued on request.

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