Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Map of Palestine - Woodcut - Lyon, 1535

Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Tabula Terre Sanctae. Map of Palestine. Woodcut from "Geographia" by Ptolemy Claudius, edited by Michael Servetus. [Lyon, 1535].
Map of Palestine, showing the territories of the Tribes of Israel. The shore line stretches from Sidon to Gaza.
Laor 611.
Leaf: 53X38 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and defects. Three pieces of paper are pasted to the upper margins, on the back. Paper slightly darkened due to framing.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection