Lot 1
Map of the Holy Land – Woodcut, 16th century
Dela Cosmographie La terre de promission [cosmography of the Promised Land]. Leaf (two pages) out of Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmography". [ca. 1570]. French. Woodcut created by Hand Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, signed in the plate in initials RMD. The map depicts the shores of Eretz Israel, Syria and Cyprus, the shoreline seen in the map stretches from the Nile Delta to Asia Minor. [1] leaf, 20X31.5 cm, Good condition. Some stains.
