RELAND, HADRIAN. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 148

(LAND OF ISRAEL)

RELAND, HADRIAN. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved folding portrait, 10 engraved maps (4 folding), 3 engraved plates (all folding), folding letter-press chart, 8 numismatic illustrations in the text. Scholarly Hebrew correction in margin of p. 308 I: pp. (8), 511, (1). II: (5), 516-1068, (94). Lightly stained. Contemporary vellum, worn. Thick 4to Blackmer 1406; Laor 643-53

Utrecht: William Broedelet 1714

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Reland was the first cartographer to break away from the traditional image of the Holy Land based on the Bible, and thus produced the first geographically accurate maps