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Old coloured antique map of Central Italy (Italia centrale) by Johann Baptist Homann. Shows the central regions of Italy between Cremona and Mantua in the northwest, Bologna, Florence (Firenze), to Rome (Roma) in the southeast. Above right the title cartouche with two coats of arms.

Water stain in upper white margin. Small tear in lower centrefold backed. Very good condition with old colours. Never framed before.

Johann Baptist Homann was born 1664 in Oberkammlach. He founded his business 1602 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.