Homann’s Map of the Dauphiné Date of Publication_1907 folding into original brown cloth

folding into original brown cloth covers

English was still a relatively provincial language in early seventeenth-century Europe and there is only one edition of this major series of atlases with English text (Koeman indicates the possibility of a second edition of 1641

From its Commencement in 1769 to its Termination in 1870

and his literary breakfasts were a feature of the social scene

He wrote the seven books of the Adversus Gentes to convince the local bishop of the sincerity of his new beliefs

Homann’s Map of the Dauphiné Date of Publication_1907 folding into original brown clothA map of the French Alps, the Dauphin, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti menacing an astonished personification of France and a battle fought in the shadow of the Alps) probably refers to the Nine Years War and the invasion of the region by the Duke of Savoy in 1692. The founder of the business, Johann Baptist Homann (1664 1724), was a self taught copper engraver who founded the