regni hungariae tabula von homann (2 Ergebnisse)

Technic: Copper print, colorit: coloredcondition: Left and right upper corners perfectly replaced, size (in cm): 48 x 57 cm cm; - Map shows Hungary with Slavonia and Transilvania with 2 cartouches.

Very good. Toning at centerfold. Original wash and outline color. Size 18.5 x 22.25 Inches. This is Johann Baptist Homann's 1724 map of the Kingdom of Hungary, based on the comprehensive 1699 surveys of Johann Christoph Müller. These were undertaken to measure the bounds of Hungary following the Ottoman Empire's surrender at the treaty of Karlowitz. Consequently, this represented the new frontier with the Ottoman Empire following the treaty. A Closer Look The map embraces Hungary, Transylvania, Serbia, and Slavonia, with parts of Bosnia and Moldavia, now comprised of Hungary, parts of Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Romania, Slovakia, part of Czechia, and the eastern limits of Austria. Mountains, forests, and lowlands are shown pictorially. Important roads and some archaeological features are indicated. Allegorical Engraving The cartouche in the upper left is presented in a banner motif, suspended by a pair of eagles. A putto sits on a cloud in the foreground, supporting the arms of the Kingdom of Hungary. At the upper right, above the map's scales, is an equestrian vignette of three horsemen, one blowing a horn, with headgear suggesting they may be Turkish. They ride past stone buildings, and in the background a steeple is adorned with a crescent, indicating a Muslim town. Given that the map represents Europe's new borders with a retreating Ottoman Empire, the vignette may well represent the Ottomans fleeing their previously-held territory. Publication History and Census This map's printing history is convoluted. We have identified at least two plates, and evidence that several of these were vigorously reworked over the course of the 18th century, either by Homann or his heirs. The first was engraved c. 1716, and it appeared in Homann Heirs atlases until 1778. A copy of this map, from a second plate, is dated 1724 by the Bibliothà que nationale de France. The present example appears to be an earlier state of the BnF's example, but lacking better data we are inclined to adopt this date. Homann's shop produced faithful copies of the map itself, but with variation in the execution of topography and lettering. The most obvious changes from each version can be traced in the face of the cartouche's putto , whose variations both of facial type and overall expression are extreme. The map appears to be well represented in institutional collections in its various iterations, but it is difficult to determine specific versions from catalog listings. It appears on the market from time to time. References: OCLC 165806517. Not in Rumsey.