Kanaan en D’omleggende Landen: Vertoont in en Woordenboek.

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 161

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Kanaan en D’omleggende Landen: Vertoont in en Woordenboek.

Edited by F. Halma. Translated into Dutch by J. de Klerk. Additional engraved title-page depicting the division of the Land of Israel. Letterpress title page in red and black. With engraved maps and views (many folding). Discolored, stained at lower corners. Contemporary full vellum, rubbed. Lg. 4to.

Leeuwarden: F. Halma 1717

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

A collection of aids to the study of Biblical history by a variety of Christian scholars, including a dictionary of Biblical names and places and a Biblical timeline. Exquisitely illustrated with 30 stunning engraved maps and views of the Holy Land, including Mount Carmel, Damascus, Jaffa, Mount Tabor, Temple of Solomon and a fine large view of Jerusalem, drawn after Dapper Hollar.