Johann Baptist Homann
German, 1664-1724
Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a mapmaker who founded a respected and prolific publishing company, which continued long after his death as Homann Heirs. Homann lived his entire life in Bavaria, particularly in Nuremberg. Initially, Johann trained to become a priest before converting to Protestantism and working as a notary. In 1702, Johann founded a publishing house that specialized in engravings. The firm flourished, becoming the leading map publisher in Germany and an important entity in the European map market. In 1715, Johann was named Imperial Geographer to the Holy Roman Empire by Charles VI and made a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Most importantly for his business, his reputation and contacts gained him imperial printing privileges which protected his publications and recommended him to customers. (Biography provided by Timeless Intaglio)
An extremely rare pair of miniature globes by Johann Baptist Homann
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
J.H. Homann (Germany, 1664-1724)
Nürnberg, after 1715
Globus Terrestris [and] Globus Celestis. juxtu observationes Parisienses Regia Academia Scientiarum constructus [and] juxtu observationes Parisienses Regia Academia Scientiarum constructus. Nuremberg, [after 1715].
Original stands by Homann Heirs, [after 1730].
An extremely rare pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, each with 12 hand-coloured engraved paper gores, over a papier mâché and plaster sphere, each globe with papier mâché meridian ring, mounted on horizon rings with a handwritten number VIII and III on each globe. The horizon rings supported by four quadrants with text "Zu finden in Nürnberg / wohnhaft unter der Vesten / bey denen Homaenischen Erben/ dem Prediger Klöster gegenüber", both globes on a turned single wooden black stand.
Diameter 64 mm (2.5 inches), height 185 mm. RARE.
Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724), a German geographer and cartographer. He founded a publishing business in Nürnberg in 1702, and published his first atlas in 1707, becoming a member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin in the same year. Homann was appointed Imperial Geographer to Charles VI in 1715 and became the most important map...
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Antique Map of the Duchies of Bremen and Verden by Homann, c.1730
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ducatus Bremae et Ferdae (..)'. Map of the Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Germany. Source unknown, to be determined.
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18th Century Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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Antique Map of the Region of Namen by Homann, 1746
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Comitatus Namur Tabula Geographica ex mappis Frixianis'. Regional map of Namen, Belgium.
Artists and Engravers: Homann Heirs was a German publishing firm tha...
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18th Century Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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Antique Map of the Lower Saxony Region by Homann, c.1730
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris (..)'. Map of the Circle of Lower Saxony. The map covers most of present-day northern Germany, as far south as Göttingen, including m...
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18th Century Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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Scandinavia & Portions of Eastern Europe: 18th Century Hand-Colored Homann Map
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
An early 18th century hand-colored copper-plate map entitled "Regni Sueciae in omnes suas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis" by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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H 20.75 in W 23.5 in D 0.07 in
West Africa Entitled "Guinea Propria": An 18th Century Hand Colored Homann Map
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a scarce richly hand colored copper plate engraved map of Africa entitled "Guinea Propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum Maxima Pars" by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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H 20.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.13 in
Sweden & Adjacent Portions of Scandinavia: A Hand-Colored 18th C. Map by Homann
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored map of Sweden and adjacent portions of Scandinavia entitled "Regni Sueciae in Omnes suas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis" was created by Joh...
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1720s German Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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H 21 in W 23.38 in D 0.07 in
Hand-Colored 18th Century Homann Map of the Danube, Italy, Greece, Croatia
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
"Fluviorum in Europa principis Danubii" is a hand colored map of the region about the Danube river created by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) in his 'Atlas Novus Terrarum', publish...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Johann Baptist Homann
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H 20 in W 23.88 in D 0.07 in
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