Johann Baptist Homann: Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Kongl: Gros Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London
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Cartographer:
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Johann Baptist Homann
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Title:
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Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Kongl: Gros Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London
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Date:
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c. 1700
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Published:
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Nuremberg
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Width:
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23 inches / 59 cm
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Height:
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19 inches / 49 cm
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Map ref:
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LDN6313
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Description:
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Scarce map of London with a stunning panoramic view below showing the City rebuilt after the Great Fire. Inset views of the Royal Exchange and the Palace of Whitehall. The City of London is coloured pink to differentiate it from the rest of the capital.
“Prospect maps" were very much a German invention and heavily used by the pre-eminent publishing houses of that country. Initially popularised by Johann Baptist Homann, they were then continued by both Homanns Heirs and Homann’s apprentice, Matthias Seutter. Finally, Matthias Lotter, Seutter’s apprentice continued with the tradition well into the later 18th century. Their format usually follows a city plan which bears a large, continuous panorama or prospect on the lower border of the engraving; this attempted to exploit the newly emerging market for panoramic prints, together with the more traditional map market.
Original hand-colour. [LDN6313] |