MWH006
Plani Globii Terrestris Mappa Universalis
Elaborate antique world map in two hemispheres surrounded by six smaller hemispheres and two large decorative cartouches.(Two of the hemispheres are polar, 2 are projections centered on Nuremberg and the last 2 show how the inclination of the Earth’s axis accounts fro the difference of seasons N and S of the equator. The cartouches are filled with text in Latin and French, respectively).
By Johan Matthias Hase (known as Hasius) (1684-c1742) after Georg Moritz Lowitz (1722-74), from an atlas by the heirs of J B Homann, Nuremberg. Dated in the plate 1746.
Johan Baptist Homann (c1663-1724) was the most important map publisher in Germany in the 18th century. After his death, his heirs continued his business. Hase was one of these.
Image size 457x547mm (21 ½ x17 7/8 in) Original period hand colour. Condition good, with unobtrusive overall aging. Extensive repairs to right and bottom margins. $3000.00
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