Lot 63
Map of Eretz Israel – Amsterdam, 1792
Generaale Kaart van het Beloofde Land tot verlichting voor de Geschiedenisse Berat in den Bybel [map of the Promised Land for a historic maps book]. Elwe Jan Barend, Amsterdam 1792. Copper print, partly colored.
On the upper part appears an inscription with details about the map surrounded by a wreath of flowers held by two angels. The map presents the Holy Land from the west. On the lower part – the Tabernacle, the Tribes' tents and the figures of Moses and Aaron with the Tabernacle's holy ceremonial vessels.
55.8X65.7 cm, good condition, central folding mark, minor tears to lower borders. Laor no. 267.
