Terra Sancta siue Promissionis, olim Palestina. 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 280
SANSON, GUILLAUME.
Terra Sancta siue Promissionis, olim Palestina. Hand-colored copperplate map.
Rome, 1679:
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $600
From: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, Mercurio Geografico. The Holy Land is here divided between the kingdoms of Judea and Israel. Divided into six provinces and twelve tribes. Newly delineated by Giacomo Cantelli, who added the inset of Syria (upper left hand corner). Bottom right corner features an attractive title cartouche in Latin depicting Adam and Eve mesmerized by the snake in the Garden of Eden.