Schatz, Johann Jacob
Johann Jacob Schatz (1691 - 1760) was a German schoolmaster, librarian, classical philologistphilologist and historian who lived and worked in Strasbourg. He was prolific, with geographical and historical works published in Nuremberg and Leipzig beginning in 1726 and continuing lifelong. He seems to have had a long relationship with the firm of Homann Heirs. Despite his considerable output, there is nothing recorded of his life, education, or history.
A beautifully engraved educational map of France.
Regni Galliae seu Franciae et Navarrae Tabula Geographica in usum Elementorum Geographiae Schaziano rum accomodata Per Homannianos Heredes 1741. / Carte de France dressee par Guillaume de L'Isle et accommodee par les Heritiers d'Homann a l'instruction de la Jeunesse Norimb. 1741.
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A beautifully detailed 1741 Homann Heirs map of France, specially engraved for inclusion in Johann Schatz's school atlas. Depicting the Kingdoms of France and Navarre, along with parts of Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, the map offers excellent detail, illustrating fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, and castles. Topography is illustrated pictorially. (more details)