JAFFE, MORDECHAI BEN ABRAHAM
AUCTION 16 |
Tuesday, June 25th,
2002 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 152
JAFFE, MORDECHAI BEN ABRAHAM
v.p.: v.d.
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
Levush Ha’orah with woodcut map of the Land of Israel and surrounding Nations charting the travels of the Children of Israel. An important map, decorative and clearly defined, depicting ships riding the seas and cities depicted by towers adorned with flags, smaller cities showing smaller houses - an altogether sophisticated representation. The details of the map were entirely based on information derived from the Bible and its commentaries, for, as E. & G. Wajntraub point out in their Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land (1992) pp.41 “it was not possible to draw eye-witness reports, and all geographical data is based on geographical knowledge of the Bible.”