1753 Homann Heirs Solar System Astronomical Chart
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Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae ... Cura Homann Heredum Norimbergae Anno 1753.
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Homann Heirs (1730 - 1848) were a map publishing house based in Nuremberg, Germany, in the middle to late 18th century. After the great mapmaker Johann Baptist Homann's (1664 - 1724) death, management of the firm 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). Further Details...
Condition
Very Good condition. Very minor centerfold discoloration. Minor crease just ot the right of original centerfold – probably a printing error. Minor water stain at the bottom of the map just to the left of the centerfold. Mostly confined to margins - see photo enlargement. Blank on verso.
References
Phillips, Lee Philip, A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, Page 157.