Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris…

Engraved double page (23 1/2" x 20 1/2 "), hand colored, large title cartouche. Slight darkening at centerfold, slight aging and browning, ample margins; about near fine with a strong impression. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was considered the father of German mapmaking, and in 1715 was actually appointed the Geographer to the Emperor. He founded his mapmaking business in 1702, and he would produce several major atlases between 1707 and 1716. This is a very attractive map of the northern part of Germany, and includes the cities of Hamburg and Berlin. Van De Gohm: Antique Maps. Bagrow: History of Cartography.