Hadrian Reland. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 125

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Hadrian Reland. 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 (few folding), with folding engraved plates and text illustrations. Vol. I: pp. (8), 511, (1). Vol. II: pp. (3), 516-1068, (94). Trace dampstained. Contemporary vellum, scuffed. Thick 4to. Blackmer 1406; Laor 643-53.

Utrecht: William Broedelet 1714

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,600

The Dutch Orientalist Hadrian Reland (1676-1718) was the first scholar to break away from the traditional cartographic view of the Holy Land that was based upon the Bible, thus producing here the first geographically accurate maps of the Land of Israel and surrounding region.