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Daguerre Savoie

7 - Johann Baptist HOMANN (1663–1724), after Johannes JANSSONIUS…
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Estimate €120 - €150
Description
Johann Baptist HOMANN (1663–1724), after Johannes JANSSONIUS. Ducatus Sabaudiae, c. 1690 Sheet with a central fold for the copperplate engraving in black. Scale. (A few tears along the edges; a strip of paper glued to the reverse). Dimensions excluding margins: 32 x 40 cm Johann Baptist Homann was appointed Imperial Geographer to Emperor Charles VI in 1715. This map is probably taken from ‘Situation and Current State of the Duchy of Savoy and the Principality of Piedmont, according to the Characteristics of Each Region, Natural Resources, Principal Localities and Sovereigns’ by Tucher von Simmelsdorf, Johann Georg. Published in Nuremberg by Joh. Andreae Endter. Söhne, 1690. This map, published in reduced form, draws heavily on the map produced by Jansson.
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About the sale ALPINE ARTS – FOLK ARTS AND TRADITIONS
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