Janssonius, Jan. [Palestine]. Latin. Six sheets. Multicolored. Hand colored. Copper plates. From Jan Janssonius, Novus Atlas (Amsterdam, 1658), Vol. VI.

This exceptionally large, impressive map of the Holy orients to the east, so that Lebanon is on the left and the Negev on the right. Gives the territories of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Contains two insets, one of the Peregrinations of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees until he reached Canaan, and the second of the Itinerary of the Children of Israel in the Desert until they reached the Promised Lan.d. Provenance: Kestenbaum & Company, Sale 24, Lot 278.