CHRISTOPH WEIGEL (1654 - 1725)
NOVA ASIAE TABULA MAJORI IN MINOREM HANC FORMANI REDUCTA A JOH. BAPT. HOMANN
A NEW TABLE OF ASIA MAJOR REDUCED INTO A SMALLER FORM BY JOHN. BAPT. HOMANNMounted
Year: 1718
Map Size: 44 x 34.6 cm (17.3 x 13.6 inches)
Mount Size: 47.6 x 40 cm (18.7 x 15.7 inches)
Scarce map of Asia by Christoph Weigel after J. B. Homann. Still without Kamchatka, but with the big island of Terra Yedso above Japan. Compagnie Land to the upper right could be an early representation of Alaska or a misrepresentation of Hokkaido. With an outline of Nova Hollandia and Carpentaria, both parts of Australia. Also mentioned is the Dampier Strait, named Dampieri, which separates New Guinea and New Britain. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche. From Bequemer Schul- und Reisen-Atlas, also titled Atlas scholasticus et itinerarius by Christoph Weigel. Weigel's well-known travel atlas, which he published in collaboration with Professor Johann David Köhler
Christoph Weigel the Elder was an engraver and publisher active in Nuremberg in the early 1700s. During his lifetime he published 70 books and series of engravings, including the atlas Descriptio Orbis Antique in XLIV tabulis published in 1720. For his geographical works and maps, he worked closely together with the highly successful Nuremberg cartographer Johann Baptist Homann.
His younger brother, Johann Christoph Weigel (1661-1726), also known as Christoph Weigel the Younger, worked as an engraver and publisher in Nuremberg. Weigel's company was continued by his wife when he died in 1725.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
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