Ducatus Franciae Orientalis seu Sac. Rom. Imperii Principatus et Episcopatus...

Old colored, very detailed antique map of Franconia by J. B. Homann. From Tann (Rhön) in the north to Rothenburg in the south, in the east from Lichtenfels to Aschaffenburg in the west. With Würzburg, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen, Bad Kissingen and Bamberg. With beautiful title cartouche upper left, below with a plan of the Königshofen fortress and a view of the Würzburg Residence.

Some staining in the lower margin. Very good condition.

Johann Baptist Homann was born 1664 in Oberkammlach. He founded his business 1702 in Nuremberg, Germany. After a long period of Dutch domination in map publishing, the Homann publishing house became the most important map and atlas producer in Germany. He became a member of the Academy of Science in Berlin just after he published his first atlas in 1707. After his death 1724 in Nuremberg, the company was continued by his son Johann Christoph. The publishing firm was bequeathed to his heirs after his death in 1730 and was traded under the name Homann Heirs until the next century.