Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a mapmaker who founded the famous Homann Heirs publishing company. He lived his entire life in Bavaria, particularly in Nuremberg. Initially, Johann trained to become a priest before converting to Protestantism and working as a notary.
In 1702, Johann founded a publishing house that specialized in engravings. The firm flourished, becoming the leading map publisher in Germany and an important entity in the European map market. In 1715, Johann was named Imperial Geographer to the Holy Roman Empire by Charles VI and made a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Most importantly for his business, his reputation and contacts gained him imperial printing privileges which protected his publications and recommended him to customers. Johann is best known for this Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt, or the Grand Atlas of the World, published in 1716.
After Johann died in 1724, the business passed to his son, Christoph (1703-1730). Upon Christoph’s early death, the company passed to subsequent heirs, with the name of the company changing to Homann Erben, or Homann Heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848.
Eberhard Welper's famous work on the construction of sundials, extensively illustrated with engraved plates, including a rare map of the world "Allgemeine Landes- und Uhr-Tafel". Welper's work was first published in 1625, with two new parts published...
![[Celestial Atlas] Atlas Coelestis | Atlas Novus Coelestis in Quo Mundus Spectabilis, et in Eodem tam Errantium Quam Inerrantium Stellarum Phoenomena Notabilia, Crica Ipsarum Lumen...](/map/small/66645.jpg)
A Superb Example with Rich Original Hand-Coloring. Engraved allegorical additional title by J.C. Reinsperger after J.J. Preisler, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, letterpress index, 30 double-page engraved plates all of which in...
![[Total Eclipse of 1706] Eclipseos Solis Totalis cum mora, d: 12 Maji 1706, horis antem: in Europa celebratae, Geographica Repraesentatio, in qua Centralis Umbrae Tractus ac reliquae Magnitudines suis locis cometentes, ex Illustrium Virorum observationibu](/map/small/58590.jpg)
Mapping The Total Eclipse of 1706 Extremely rare Doppelmayer Eclipse map, overprinted on Homann's rare map of the Christian dominions of Europe (Europa Christiani Orbis Domina in sua Imperia, Regna, et Status exacte divisa . . . ). The map depicts...
Nice example of Johanne Doppelmayr's map of the Southern Skies, with the constellations shown and the various stars illustrated in gold. Dopplemayr's decorative celestial chart illustrates that the southern sky forms the south ecliptic pole to...
Doppelmayr's Chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere A very fine 18th-century chart of the stars visible from the Northern Hemisphere, by the eminent astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr This large and attractive chart depicts all of the celestial...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars This is the fifth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars. This is the fifth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars This is the fourth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars. This is the third chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars This is the second chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Dopplemayr's Gnomonic Project of the Fixed Stars. This is the first chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky on a gnomonic projection with 'the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 'according to the rules of arithmetic...
Nice example of Doppelmayr's map illustrating various lunar and celestial theories. The images shown include: Tycho Brahe's model for lunar orbit Illustrations of the surface of the moon from October 1664 Flamsteed's model Hevelius's model...
An interesting set of diagrams describing the basic ways in which the globe and the solar system are described. The image illustrates the basic methods of modeling the equator, the two Tropics, the Poles, the horizon and other features of a sphere....
Elaborate celestial model, published in Nuremberg by Doppelmayr. This chart illustrates the satellite systems of Jupiter and Saturn, contrasted with the Earth-Moon system according to the observations of Giovanni Domenico Cassini in Bologna in 1661.
