[MAPS]. HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765].
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$30,000 -
$40,000
Sold for $38,100
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MAPS]. HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724), HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER (1678-1757). [Composite Atlas]. [Nuremberg, Augsburg, and others: Homann Heirs and others, maps dated between 1728-1765].
2 volumes, large folio (545 x 362 mm). 2pp. calligraphic manuscript index in each volume, vol. I with 2pp. calligraphic manuscript biography of Johann Baptist Homann, 276 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED MAPS including 3 printed on 2 sheets, one printed on 4 sheets, and 6 folding. (A few maps with short tears to folds or margins with associated repairs on verso, lower corner of a few maps with light dampstain in vol. II.) 20th-century tan roan, upper covers blind-lettered, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (some light rubbing or wear).
A unique composite atlas including:
[WORLD]. SEUTTER, Matthaus. Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante et Visu Intercedente, per Coluros Tropicorum. [Augsburg, ca 1730 or later]. Double-hemisphere map of the World.
[EUROPE]. HOMANN HEIRS. L'Europe. Nuremberg, 1743.
[NORTH AMERICA]. HOMANN HEIRS. America Septentrionalisnec non Fluvii Ohio. Nuremberg, 1756.
[THE AMERICAS]. SEUTTER, Mattheus. Novus Orbis sive America meridionalis et septentrionalis. [Augsburg, ca 1730 or later].
[AFRICA]. SEUTTER, Mattheus. Africa Juxta Navigationes et observationes Recentissimas. [Augsburg, ca 1744 or later].
[ASIA]. Asia Cum omnibus Imperiis Provinciis, Statibus et Insulis. [Augsburg, ca 1730 or later].
Also with views of 42 individual countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, and with numerous individual city or region views of world cities, including Catalonia, Paris, Zurich, Milan, Venice, Alsace, Frankfurt, Bavaria, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, Bohemia, Moravia, Brandenburg, and many others.
The majority of the maps have the imprint of Johann Baptist Homann or Homann Heirs, and the atlas includes a strong selection of regional maps of Central Europe, in addition to the rest of Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. A DESIRABLE COMPOSITE ATLAS CONTAINING MORE MAPS THAN NEARLY ANY OTHER ATLAS TO COME TO MARKET IN RECENT YEARS WITH MANY FINE CITY VIEWS.
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