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[MAP]. HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti… Nuremberg, [ca 1720]. 


Engraved double-hemisphere map of the world with hand-coloring in wash and outline. (Some fraying to lower margin, some minor soiling and marginal chips.) Overall sheet 504 x 589 mm. Matted and framed. Inset celestial maps showing the northern and southern skies, allegoric scene depicting natural phenomena including waterspouts, volcanoes and a rainbow, wind heads in background. Cartography and natural phenomena adapted from Zumer’s map of ca 1700. 

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