This large beautifully hand coloured original antique map of The Persian Empire - stretching from Georgia in Central Asia to India to the East - was published by J B Homann in 1720.

Following the long period of Dutch domination in map making during the 17th & early 18th centuries, the Homann family became the most important map publishers in Germany in the eighteenth century. The business being founded by J.B. Homann in Nuremberg about the year 1702. Soon after publishing his first atlas in 1707 he became a member of the Berlin academy of Sciences and in 1715 he was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. After the founder’s death in 1724, the firm was continued under the direction of his son until 1730 and was then bequeathed to his heirs on the condition that it trades under the name of Homann Heirs. The firm remained in being until the next century and had a wide influence on map publishing in Germany. Apart from the atlases the firm published a very large number of individual maps.(Ref: Tooley; M&B)

General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
Age of map color: - Original & later color
Colors used: - Yellow, green, pink, blue
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 24 3/4in x 20 1/2in (630mm x 520mm)
Plate size: - 23in x 19 1/2in (585mm x 5495m)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (15mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None

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