Lot 74
Collection of Maps - Palestine and Jerusalem, 17th-20th Centuries
Fourteen maps - Palestine and Jerusalem. Most maps were printed in Germany or France in the 17th-20th centuries (most are from the 18th century). Some are engravings, partly colored by hand.
Among the maps:
• Jerusalem die Heilige Viereckete Stadt, in Grund Gelegt und Eigentlich Abgemalet. View of Jerusalem from the east. Woodcut, out of "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" ["Travel through holy scriptures"] by Heinrich Bünting. [Magdeburg, 1600]. Laor 968B. Faded and defected printing.
• Orbis Bibliis sacris cognitus, seu geographia sacra. Carte de la géographie sacrée pour l'Ancien Testament. Engraving (some border lines are colored by hand) - map of Europe, North Africa and the Near East, with Noah's children tribal borders, by Pierre Moullart-Sanson. Paris, 1716.
• La Judee ou Palestine, Dressee pour l'intelligence de l'Histoire Sainte. Engraving (some borders are colored by hand) - Map of Palestine, on both sides of the Jordan river, with the territories of the twelve tribes, by Louis Brion de la Tour. Paris, [1767]. Laor 131.
• Jerusalem - East - "Map of Palestine" [USA?], [1937]. "Mizrah". Lithograph on paper. Hebrew, Yiddish and English. In the center - Map of Palestine with the tribes territories. Drawings of towns and holy sites in Palestine. List of 22 colonies in Palestine and space for marking memorial dates (Yahrzeit).
Size and condition vary.
Detailed list of maps will be sent upon request.
