The famous German firm of cartographic publishers was founded by Johann Baptist Homann in 1702 in Nuremberg. In 1707 he published the “Neuer Atlas” whose success continued for many years. In recognition of his success Homann was elected to the Berlin Academy of Sciences. In 1715 Homann was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. This map of the British Isles is quite likely one of his earliest productions issued at the time of his first atlas. This is one of his more desirable works bearing portraits of firstly Queen Anne, then both George I and George II in various states and as Shirley concludes on different plates. This is an example of the first plate with the addition of the Ovid verses above the portrait, i.e. in Shirley’s second state. Provenance: Oldfield Gallery 1993, private English collection. Shirley Homann 2 plate 1 state 2.