Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina. Double-page hand-colored engraved map.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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Lot 254
BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON.

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina. Double-page hand-colored engraved map.

19.25 x 22.625 inches.

Amsterdam, “1629”:

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $900
According to Laor: The map was drawn by Jodocus Hondius the Younger, who died in 1629 just prior to publication. Blaeu bought the plate and replaced Hondius’s name with his own. He included the map in his first atlas and all further editions leaving the date as 1629. Oriented to the west, with two compass roses, this itinerarium depicts the Exodus from Egypt and the wanderings of the Jews in the desert.