Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Map of Palestine – Abraham Ortelius – Antwerp, 1590 – Hand-Colored Engraving
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Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel, map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving, from the atlas Terrarum Orbis Theatrum (Theater of the World), by Abraham Ortelius. [Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1590 (engraving dated 1586)].
Map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River. The map depicts the central sites of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (after sketches by Tilemann Stella) and the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches between Beirut in the north to el-ʻArīsh (Rhinocorura) in the south. The Dead Sea is shaped like a crescent. On the lower right side and the upper left side of the map, Baroque-style decorated cartouches.
Latin text on verso: "Ivdaea et Israhel".
Engraved map: approx. 46X35 cm. Frame: 56X45 cm. Good condition.
See Laor 546.
Map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River. The map depicts the central sites of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (after sketches by Tilemann Stella) and the territories of the Tribes. The shoreline stretches between Beirut in the north to el-ʻArīsh (Rhinocorura) in the south. The Dead Sea is shaped like a crescent. On the lower right side and the upper left side of the map, Baroque-style decorated cartouches.
Latin text on verso: "Ivdaea et Israhel".
Engraved map: approx. 46X35 cm. Frame: 56X45 cm. Good condition.
See Laor 546.
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