Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Six Maps of Palestine - Engravings

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
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Six maps of Palestine - hand-colored engravings, 16th-18th centuries.
1. Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio; Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens. Map of Palestine, from the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. [Antwerp, 1570-71]. Laor 539.
2. Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina, by cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu. Amsterdam, 1629. Laor 106.
3. Totius Terrae Sanctae Delineatio, by Philipp Clüver. [Amsterdam, 1697]. Laor 216.
4. Situs Terrae Promissionis S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens per Chr. Adrichom. [Amsterdam, 1652]. Latin text on verso. Laor 24.
5. Geographiae Sacrae ex Veteri et Novo Testamento desumptae, Tabula in qua Terra Promissa, by cartographer Nicolas Sanson. [Paris? 1662]. Not in Laor. See Laor 688-690.
6. Palaestina sev Terra Sancta by Christoph Cellarius. [Amsterdam, 1706]. Laor 202.
Size and condition vary. Framed (one frame without glass). Unexamined out of frame.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics