1720 ITALY antique MAP Savoy and Piedmont regions by JOHANN HOMANN AUTHENTIC

Johann Baptista HomannGermany, ca. 1664–1724ITALY[Savoy and Piedmont] Regia Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principat. Pedemontium ut et Ducatus Montisferrati (Savoy and Piedmont regions, centered on Torino : from Grenoble, Geneva, Die and Romans, to Genoa and Milan.)Hand-colored etching on paper, undated (Nuremberg; c. 1720)Size 21 by 24.5 inchesGood condition, small damage in lower part next to the fold===========================================================Johann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas.Homann was born in Oberkammlach near Kammlach in the Electorate of Bavaria. Although educated at a Jesuit school, and preparing for an ecclesiastical career, he eventually converted to Protestantism and from 1687 worked as a civil law notary in Nuremberg. He soon turned to engraving and cartography; in 1702 he founded his own publishing house.Homann acquired renown as a lead