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Description

Highly decorative double page engraving, showing the distances between various European Cities. Includes a fabulous cartouche, with globes, maps, cherubs and various instruments of science and geography in use. Minor fold split at the bottom entering image by about 1.5 inches. Wide margins.

Homann Heirs Biography

Homann Heirs was a German publishing firm that enjoyed a major place in the European map market throughout the eighteenth century. Founded in 1702 by Johann Baptist Homann, the business passed to his son, Christoph, upon Johann’s death in 1724. Christoph died in 1730, aged only 27, and the firm was inherited by subsequent Homann heirs. This altered the name of the company, which was known as Homann Erben, or Homann heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848.