Germany - Germany

Type: Etching; Support: Heavy laid paper; Condition: Excellent impression, good preservation with slight foxing and browning; signs of aging; central editorial crease with yellowing, trimmed at the upper and lower center; all as shown in the photo; Shipping: insured shipment via Bartolini/DPD courier. To benefit from the insurance coverage, any damage to the piece must be disputed and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, the insurance reimbursement procedure cannot be activated; Provenance: Origin from a private collection; Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was the most important German cartographer and engraver of the 18th century, famous for revolutionizing the map market in Germany and founding a hugely successful editorial dynasty. Franz Ludwig Gussefeld (born December 6, 1744 in Osterburg; died June 17, 1807 in Weimar) was an important German cartographer and geographer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He gained great fame mainly for his maps that were extremely precise and scientifically solid.

Estimate:£2.52

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