Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan dictae in Tribus Undecim Distributae. Copperplate map engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. <<With Hebrew place-names.>>
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 269
MONTANUS, BENEDICTUS ARIAS.
Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan dictae in Tribus Undecim Distributae. Copperplate map engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. <<With Hebrew place-names.>>
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1572 (or, Leiden, 1593?):
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
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.