Iudaea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum, map of Palestine. Hand–colored engraving, from the Atlas Francois, by Alexis Hubert Jaillot. Paris: Hubertum Ialliot, 1696. Latin.

Map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, depicting the territories of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The shoreline runs from Sidon in the north to Gaza in the south. The cartouche containing the heading is ornamented with a vegetal pattern, and flanked by the figures of Moses and Aaron. A medallion on the bottom of the cartouche contains an illustration of the Nehushtan. Another cartouche appears on the lower right corner of the map, illustrated with the images of Adam, Eve, the snake and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The engraving was made by Louis Cordier, after Guillaume Sanson.

Engraved map: 63X97 cm. Good condition. Fold lines.

Laor: 368.
Provenance: Private collection.