Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina. Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 259
DE WIT, FREDERICK.
Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina. Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
Amsterdam, first edition 1666, (or later):
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $900
From: Frederick de Wit’s Atlas, Amsterdam, 1666.
Based on (and a slightly smaller version of) the Nicholas Visscher map of Amsterdam, 1659, from his Atlases Contractus Orbis Terrarum (see Laor 793). The shore line runs from Sidon to Egypt. The Kishon River connects Haifa Bay to the Lake of Tiberias. Along the top, a garland is supported by six cherubs. At lower center, the encampment of the Tribes, flanked by Moses and Aaron and surrounding the Tabernacle.