Syria et Ægypti Delta (Syria and the Egyptian Delta).

Auction 97 | Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 1:00pm

Boutique Sale Featuring Passover Hagadoth & Maps of Eretz Israel

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Lot 52

BOCHART, SAMUEL.

Syria et Ægypti Delta (Syria and the Egyptian Delta).

Hand-colored. Map in Latin with lone Hebrew reference made for the city of Emesa (Homs, Syria). 15 x 9 inches (37 x 23 cm). NLI archive: https://www.nli.org.il/he/maps/NNL_ALEPH002515285/NLI#$FL13742052.

Leiden, 1692:

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $200

In this map, Scythopolis (Beit Shean) is mistakenly placed on the east bank of the Jordan River, while the anti-Lebanon Mountain range is presented as an East-West range instead the North-South protuberance that is responsible for Lebanon’s Beka’a Valley.