Thomas Fuller. A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon.

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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Lot 86

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Thomas Fuller. A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Additional armorial frontispiece and allegorical title-page. 27 double-paged engraved maps, views, Temple plans and artifacts. <<Large fold-out map of the Holy Land>> preceding p.1 (loose). pp. (12), 439, 202, (18). Opening title with loss to upper corner affecting decorative border, final leaf with clear tear affecting text. Lightly discolored. Modern full chestnut calf. Folio. Laor 278-295, 1024-5.

London: J.F. for John Williams 1650

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

“Pisgah-Sight is one of the great books on the typography of the Holy Land” (K. Nebenzahl, Maps of the Holy Land, pp. 128-131). Thomas Fuller (1608-61) was an English scholar and preacher. He composed Pisgah-Sight, which abounds with a wry humor, during his exile from Cromwellian England. Fuller included maps of ancient Egypt and Lebanon, as well as views of the Tabernacle in the Desert, the priestly vestments and Temple vessels. See Congregation Emanu-El Exhibition Catalogue, Borders and Boundaries: Maps of the Holy Land, 15th-19th Centuries (2002) no. 22.