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Auction archive: Lot number 29

HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724) Maior Atlas scholasticus ...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Auction archive: Lot number 29

HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724) Maior Atlas scholasticus ...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Beschreibung:

HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus. Nuremberg: Homann heirs, ca 1789.
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus. Nuremberg: Homann heirs, ca 1789. 2 o (505 x 323 mm). 37 engraved double page maps ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (The map of the Americas pasted onto lower pastedown.) Contemporary sheep (worn). Homann's Maior Atlas was first published in 1716 by Johann Homann, the founder of the famous Nuremberg map publishing house. It quickly became the standard gentleman's library atlas around Europe, particularly in German-speaking areas. After Johann's death in 1724 his son ran the business until his death in 1730 and then the firm became Homann Heirs, a combination of family and other geographers who pursued the commercial atlas market with considerable success. See Philipps 577.

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
24 June 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus. Nuremberg: Homann heirs, ca 1789.
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus. Nuremberg: Homann heirs, ca 1789. 2 o (505 x 323 mm). 37 engraved double page maps ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (The map of the Americas pasted onto lower pastedown.) Contemporary sheep (worn). Homann's Maior Atlas was first published in 1716 by Johann Homann, the founder of the famous Nuremberg map publishing house. It quickly became the standard gentleman's library atlas around Europe, particularly in German-speaking areas. After Johann's death in 1724 his son ran the business until his death in 1730 and then the firm became Homann Heirs, a combination of family and other geographers who pursued the commercial atlas market with considerable success. See Philipps 577.

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
24 June 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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