Atlas Homann 18 maps c. 1720-30

COMPOSITE ATLAS. HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST.(Composite atlas with 18 handcoloured double-page engraved maps, published in Nürnberg c. 1720-30.
Size about 490x580 mm.

The atlas consits of the following maps:
World (Planiglobii Terrestris Cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti.), double-page engraved double-hemispheric map of the world (lower margin reinforced on verso, some loss and repairs to corners, part of centrefold browned, some spotting and staining),

Europe (lower margin reinforced on verso, some loss and repairs to corners, part of centrefold browned, some spotting),

Asia (lower margin reinforced on verso, part of centrefold browned, some staining in the lower and middle part),

Africa (lower margin reinforced on verso, part of centrefold browned and stained),

America (California no longer depicted as an island, part of lower margin reinforced on verso, part of centrefold browned, staining in the middle and lower part),

The other maps are: Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Roman Empire, Denmark, Scandinavia (centrefold browned and with hole), Poland and Lithuania, Russia, Greece Donau river etc, The Holy Land (large repair on verso).
(These maps with some staining and spotting, many with lower margins reinforced on verso, a few folds).

Large folio (c.495x320 mm.).
Original black soft leather binding, gilt circular stamp of a astronomical instrument on covers, worn and rubbed, covers warped, later black cloth spine, lower cover renovated with cloth. New endpapers.

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