Lot 62
Six Maps of Palestine - Engravings
Six maps of Palestine - hand-colored engravings, 16th-18th centuries.
1. Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio; Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens. Map of Palestine, from the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. [Antwerp, 1570-71]. Laor 539.
2. Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina, by cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu. Amsterdam, 1629. Laor 106.
3. Totius Terrae Sanctae Delineatio, by Philipp Clüver. [Amsterdam, 1697]. Laor 216.
4. Situs Terrae Promissionis S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens per Chr. Adrichom. [Amsterdam, 1652]. Latin text on verso. Laor 24.
5. Geographiae Sacrae ex Veteri et Novo Testamento desumptae, Tabula in qua Terra Promissa, by cartographer Nicolas Sanson. [Paris? 1662]. Not in Laor. See Laor 688-690.
6. Palaestina sev Terra Sancta by Christoph Cellarius. [Amsterdam, 1706]. Laor 202.
Size and condition vary. Framed (one frame without glass). Unexamined out of frame.
