Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.
AUCTION 58 |
Thursday, May 02nd,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters
Lot 334
RELAND, HADRIAN.
Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.
Utrecht: William Broedelet 1714
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
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.