HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664–1724) — *Superioris et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae*. Nuremberg: Homann’s heirs, ca. 1730.
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664–1724) — *Superioris et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae*. Nuremberg: Homann’s heirs, ca. 1730.
Hand-colored copperplate engraving from the period, on paper, 485 × 575 mm, on a sheet measuring 535 × 608 mm. Blank reverse. The map was previously mounted, resulting in the paper being slightly faded and discolored; several creases along the fold line; margins slightly soiled; atlas number on the reverse. Condition 5.
An attractive piece of Homann’s map of Silesia, depicting Upper and Lower Silesia divided into seventeen smaller duchies and estates. The region, corresponding roughly to the area of present-day southwestern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, is depicted in impressive detail, with towns, rivers, roads, and administrative boundaries marked. The map is adorned with two exceptional decorative elements: a magnificent allegorical title cartouche in the lower left corner, filled with classical figures, putti, measuring instruments, a celestial globe, and a winged genius, as well as an inset map showing a bird’s-eye view of Wrocław in the upper right corner, enclosed in a decorative frame featuring three putti amid swirling clouds.
The map was engraved by Johann Baptist Homann around 1712. It was based on the Dutch editions of Jonas Sculterus’s maps. The second edition, bearing the imperial privilege, was included in atlases published by Homann’s heirs from around 1730 onward.
Imago Silesiae, 92.
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664–1724) — *Superioris et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae*. Nuremberg: Homann’s heirs, ca. 1730.
Hand-colored copperplate engraving from the period, on paper, 485 × 575 mm, on a sheet measuring 535 × 608 mm. Blank reverse. The map was previously mounted, resulting in the paper being slightly faded and discolored; several creases along the fold line; margins slightly soiled; atlas number on the reverse. Condition 5.
An attractive piece of Homann’s map of Silesia, depicting Upper and Lower Silesia divided into seventeen smaller duchies and estates. The region, corresponding roughly to the area of present-day southwestern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, is depicted in impressive detail, with towns, rivers, roads, and administrative boundaries marked. The map is adorned with two exceptional decorative elements: a magnificent allegorical title cartouche in the lower left corner, filled with classical figures, putti, measuring instruments, a celestial globe, and a winged genius, as well as an inset map showing a bird’s-eye view of Wrocław in the upper right corner, enclosed in a decorative frame featuring three putti amid swirling clouds.
The map was engraved by Johann Baptist Homann around 1712. It was based on the Dutch editions of Jonas Sculterus’s maps. The second edition, bearing the imperial privilege, was included in atlases published by Homann’s heirs from around 1730 onward.
Imago Silesiae, 92.
