IMPERIUM ROMANO GERMANICUM IN SUOS CIRCULOS DIVISIVM
Prints and Maps
Johann Baptist Homann (Publisher)
Johann Hubner (Cartographer)
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1700-1730
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
1961.0083
Object Number1961.0083 |
Map
IMPERIUM ROMANO GERMANICUM IN SUOS CIRCULOS DIVISIVM
Prints and Maps
Gift of Charles F. Montgomery
Johann Baptist Homann (Publisher)
1663-1724
Johann Baptist Homann was born in Nuremberg in Southern Germany where he spent his whole life. In 1702 Johann Baptist Homann founded a map publishing company. In 1715 he was appointed as imperial geographer by Emperor Charles VI. Homann undercut the prices of the Dutch and French mapmakers and became the dominant map publisher in Germany in the eighteenth century. Homann's company was continued by his heirs under the name Homann's Erben (Homann's Heirs).
After settling in Nuremburg in 1688, Johann Baptist Homann was employed as a map engraver before founding his own firm in 1702. Homann’s geographical, celestial, and astronomical maps were published in a variety of states throughout the 18th century, which are generally difficult to distinguish from one another. Most of his geographical maps first appeared in Atlas Novus [New Atlas] (1714) and his celestial maps, produced in collaboration with Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, were issued as part of various publications before being published as a collection posthumously by his heirs, most notably as Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis et in Eodem Stellarum Omnium Phoenomena Notabilia, issued as 30 plates in 1742.
Homann’s geographical maps were frequently republished by the Homann heirs throughout the 18th century, most notably in Atlas Geographicus Maior (c. 1780) and Atlas Homannianus, (Amsterdam, 1731-1796). Homann was initially succeeded by his son, Johann Christoph Homann (1703-1730), then by his friend Johann Michael Franz (1700-1761) and stepsister’s husband Johann Georg Ebersberger (1695-1760). The company continued operations under different names until 1848.
Johann Hubner (Cartographer)
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1700-1730
1. Inscription; Upper left; [. . .] á IOH. BAPTISTA HOMANNO S.C.M Geographo et Regiae Boruß Societatis Scientiarum Membro Norimbergae.
2. Inscription; Upper left; [. . . ] Geographicè exhibitum, et / in Usum Scholarum / ad Mentem IOH. HÜBNERI Collegii Iohannes / Hamburgi Rectoris excellentissimi / definatum [. . .]
Armorial device; Allegory
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
Two large pieces of paper attached together on the verso.
21.5 (H) , 24.3 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 22.4 (Image W)
54.5 (H) , 61.7 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 22.4 (Image W)
Plate H: 19.5 in. (49.6 cm). Plate W: 23.3 in. (59.3 cm).
Homann, Johann Baptist
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
none
Hand colored with watercolors
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