TURCICUM IMPERIUM IN EUROPA.

Rare copperengraved map of the Ottoman Empire's possessions in Europe - Greece and the Balkans, published by Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1679, in his 'Atlas Universalis' ,a pirate edition of the small Duval Atlas. Major toponyms and the title are changed from French to Latin.
Shows Greece, European Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Montenegro, and parts of Southern Italy ,Romania, Hungary and Croatia

Johann Hoffmann (1629–1698) lived in Nuremberg since 1655, the most productive map publisher in the German-speaking part of Europe before 1700 has yet to be rediscovered. He brought out a total of over 50 separate maps, about as many books illustrated with maps, and a panoply of publications related to the subject of maps in general. Most of Hoffmann's map production are re-engravings of maps by the Parisian publisher Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, based on Guillaume Sanson, Piere Duval, De Wit and others. These re-engravings appeared in Nuremberg between 1674 and 1685 and are hardly mentioned in the literature, so in gereral are quite rare.

Pierre Duval (1618-1683) was a French geographer, cartographer, and publisher who worked in Abbeville and Paris during the seventeenth century. He was born in the former city, in northeast France, before moving to Paris. Duval was the nephew of the famous cartographer Nicolas Sanson, from whom he learned the mapmaker's art and skills. Both men worked at the royal court, having followed the royal request for artists to relocate to Paris. In addition to numerous maps and atlases, Du Val's opus also includes geography texts. He held the title of geographe ordinaire du roi from 1650 and died in 1683, when his wife and daughters took over his business.

Reference: Zacharakis Annex, Variant to 3547