“Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan dictae in tribus undecim distributae…” Hand-colored copperplate map engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. <<With Hebrew place-names.>>
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 243
MONTANUS, BENEDICTUS ARIAS.
“Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan dictae in tribus undecim distributae…” Hand-colored copperplate map engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. <<With Hebrew place-names.>>
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1572 (or Leiden, 1593?):
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,500
From: Plantin Bible Polyglot. Vol.VIII, Chaleb, sive de Terrae Promissae partitione.
The map shows the divisions of the Tribes as well as 43 Israelite desert encampments. The Kishon River, here called Chedumin, connects Haifa Bay and Tiberias Lake (the Sea of Galilee). Five cities appear submerged beneath the Dead Sea: Sodoma, Gomora, Adamo, Seboim and Segor.