Bidspirit auction | Antique Engraved Map of England


Antique Engraved Map of England & Wales, by Johann Baptist Homann, 1720 - Antique 1720 Hand Colored Copper Engraved Map of England and Wales by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) Entitled Magnae Britanniae Pars Meridionalis [Southern Part of Great Britain] | Published: Nuremberg / 1720 | Beautifully framed under glass | Approx. Dimensions: Sight: 22.75” x 19.5”; Frame: 32.25” x 28.75” | Provenance: From a prominent New Jersey Collector | Condition: Excellent antique condition | Full Title: ìMagnae Britanniae Pars Meridionalis, in qua Regnum Angliae tam in Septem Antiqua Anglo-Saxonum Regna quam in Omnes Hodiernas Regiones Accurate Divisum hic OstenditurÖî [The Southern Part of Great Britain, in which the Kingdom of England is Here Shown Accurately Divided into the Seven Ancient Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, and into All the Modern Regions] | Johann Baptist Homann (20th March 1664 - 1st July 1724) was a German engraver and cartographer, and the Imperial Geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.