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Corsica
"Insulae Corsicae accurata Chorographia
Tradita per I. Vogt Capit. S.C.M. et excusa
Studio Homannian Heredum Norib. MDCCXXXV cum
Priv. S.C.M."
Map of Corsica, an island in the western
Mediterranean Sea, at upper right with a decorative
title cartouche with allegorical depictions
about the sea and its inhabitants.
Orig. coloured copper engraving, by Homann
Heirs, after Captain I. Vogt, 1. edition, Nuremberg
1735, with a Royal privilege, 57 x 50 cm.
Perfect impression, a little bit stained
and creased, otherwise very good condition.
€ 385,-
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Johann Baptist Homann (1663 – 1724)
Engraver, cartographer and publisher in Nuremberg.
Worked first of all for other publishers as
Jacob von Sandrart, David Funcke and Heinrich
Scherer, and founded his own publishing house
in 1702.
Homann Heirs
Successors of J.B. Homann. The company traded
under the name of 'Homännische Erben' (Homann
Heirs) from 1730 and under the name of Ch. Fembo
from 1813 on.
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