Homann Heirs
1748

Status Ecclesiastici Toscanae

Status Ecclesiastici nec non Magni Ducatus Toscanae Nova Tabula Geographica

DESCRIPTION: Fine, large, hand-colored, copper-plate engraved antique map of Italy centered on Tuscany by the heirs of J. B. Homann. Includes Rome, Citavecchia, Ostia, Elba, Pisa, Ravenna, and the northern tip of Corsica. Leafy cartouche at top right decorated with the arms of Rome and Tuscany.

The map was published from Nuremberg, Germany in 1748 (dated at top).

Homann Heirs (also "Homannianis Heredibus" or "Homann Erben" or "Heritiers de Homann") was a company established after the death of the famous German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann to carry on the map publishing business of the firm he started in the early 1700's. The designation "Homann Heirs" appears on maps published by that successor firm from about 1730 to 1848.

CREATOR: Homann Heirs

PUBLICATION DATE: 1748

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Italy

BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean and Adriatic

CONDITION: Good.  Good impression on strong chain-laid paper watermarked with a Fleur-de-lis. Repaired short marginal centerfold separation and tear at bottom outside neatline. Slight age toning and slight smudging of ink at bottom left. Remains of binders stub on the verso.

COLORING: Old hand coloring.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 21 " x 19 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 66

PRICE: $290

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