C1730

Aegyptus Hodierna Ex Itinerario Celeberr…

Mapmaker:

Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)

$A 675

Add to Cart

In stock

S/N: GATL-AF-999–184617

(RW 01A)

Categories: Africa Countries, MAPS & GLOBES, AFRICA

Within Australia

All orders free shipping

Rest of the World

Orders over A$300 ship free worldwide

Details

Full Title:

Aegyptus Hodierna Ex Itinerario Celeberrimi viri Pauli Lucae….

Date:

C1730

Mapmaker:

Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)

Condition:

Minor repaired splits to edges of fold, otherwise in good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

490mm

x 580mm

Paper Size:

535mm

x 630mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1730

Description:

Fabulous c.18th hand coloured engraved map of Egypt by Homann, based on the travels of Paul Lucas (1664-1737) a French merchant, naturalist, physician and antiquarian to King Louis XIV who travelled extensively in Greece, Turkey, the Levant and Egypt, in three voyages (1699, 1704 and 1714). Lucas is one of the earliest sources of information from Upper Egypt, visiting among other places Thebes and the Nile up to the cataracts.

From: Homan, J.B. Grosser Atlas über die gantze Welt. Nuremberg

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973: 586.
Tooley, R. Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979: p. 27.

Collections:
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046735
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 12138.015

Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)

Homann was the most important German cartographer of the 18th century. In 1715 the Holy Roman Emperor Charles the VI, appointed him Imperial Cartographer and in the same year he was also appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Upon his death, the business passed to his son Johann Christolph (1701-1730) and in 1730 the business was continued by the Heirs to Homann up until 1848.

View other items by Johann Baptist Homann