“Terra Promissa in suas tribus partesque diuisa auctore N. Sanson albauilleo pro Hist de Republica Hebreorum Caroli Sigonii concinnata.”
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 161
SANSON, NICOLAS
“Terra Promissa in suas tribus partesque diuisa auctore N. Sanson albauilleo pro Hist de Republica Hebreorum Caroli Sigonii concinnata.”
Milan, 1734:
Est: $500 - $700
From: Caroli Sigonii Mutinensis Opera omnia… Milan, 1732-37.
The map is based on Sanson’s 1662 “Terra Sancta” and marks the Biblical division of the Land of Israel among the Twelve Tribes. It features a prominent title cartouche in the upper left with a tabernacle flanked by two cherubim of the Holy Ark. At lower right is a distance scale.