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1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal

Hispania-homann-1730
$300.00
Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae Tabula generalis de l'Isliana aucta et ad Usum Scholarum novissime accomodata á Ioh. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geogr. Norimbergae. / El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal. - Main View
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1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal

Hispania-homann-1730


Title


Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae Tabula generalis de l'Isliana aucta et ad Usum Scholarum novissime accomodata á Ioh. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geogr. Norimbergae. / El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal.
  c. 1730 (undated)     19.5 x 23 in (49.53 x 58.42 cm)

Description


A beautifully detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Spain and Portugal. Depicts the Iberian peninsula in considerable detail including the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Also covers parts of France and northern Africa. The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. Elaborate title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features two mermen supporting a wreath and 15 armorial crests, 14 crests for the various regions of Spain in addition to one more depicting the Spanish royal arms. Map scales in lower left quadrant. Alternative title in Spanish in top margin, El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and included in the Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .

Cartographer


Johann Baptist Homann (March 20, 1664 - July 1, 1724) was the most prominent and prolific map publisher of the 18th century. Homann was born in Oberkammlach, a small town near Kammlach, Bavaria, Germany. As a young man, Homann studied in a Jesuit school and nursed ambitions of becoming a Dominican priest before converting to Protestantism in 1687. Following his conversion, Homann moved to Nuremberg and found employment as a notary. Around 1693, Homann briefly relocated to Vienna, where he lived and studied printing and copper plate engraving until 1695. Afterward, he returned to Nuremberg, where, in 1702, he founded the commercial publishing firm that would bear his name. In the next five years, Homann produced hundreds of maps and developed a distinctive style characterized by heavy detailed engraving, elaborate allegorical cartouche work, and vivid hand color. Due to the lower cost of printing in Germany, the Homann firm could undercut the dominant French and Dutch publishing houses while matching their diversity and quality. By 1715, Homann's rising star caught the attention of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, who appointed him Imperial Cartographer. In the same year, he was also appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Homann's prestigious title came with several significant advantages, including access to the most up-to-date cartographic information as well as the 'Privilege'. The Privilege was a type of early copyright offered to very few by the Holy Roman Emperor. Though less sophisticated than modern copyright legislation, the Privilege offered limited protection for several years. Most all J. B. Homann maps printed between 1715 and 1730 bear the inscription 'Cum Priviligio' or some variation. Following Homann's death in 1724, the firm's management passed to his son, Johann Christoph Homann (1703 - 1730). J. C. Homann, perhaps realizing that he would not long survive his father, stipulated in his will that the company would be inherited by his two head managers, Johann Georg Ebersberger (1695 - 1760) and Johann Michael Franz (1700 - 1761), and that it would publish only under the name 'Homann Heirs'. This designation, in various forms (Homannsche Heirs, Heritiers de Homann, Lat Homannianos Herod, Homannschen Erben, etc.) appears on maps from about 1731 onwards. The firm continued to publish maps in ever-diminishing quantities until the death of its last owner, Christoph Franz Fembo (1781 - 1848). More by this mapmaker...

Source


Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., c. 1750. / Also issued in Homann's Grosser Atlas    

Condition


Very good condition. Wonderful dark impresson. Original centerfold. Margin added to right and left of printed area to accomodate framing. Blank on verso. Nice dark impression.