A New Map of the Land of Canaan and Parts Adjoining Shewing the Division thereof among the Twelve Tribes of Israel.” 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 283
WELLS, EDWARD.
A New Map of the Land of Canaan and Parts Adjoining Shewing the Division thereof among the Twelve Tribes of Israel.” Hand-colored copperplate map.
London, first edition 1720, (or later):
Est: $800 - $1,200
From: Edward Wells. “A New Sett of Maps.” London. T.W. Bonwick, no. 34.
The map shows the division among the Twelve Tribes and includes an inset of Syria in the upper left portion.
Mathematician and geographer Edward Wells (1667-1727) taught at Christchurch, Oxford. He intended his atlas to be a teaching tool particularly for one of his students, the young William, Duke of Gloucester. Unfortunately, William died in 1700 at the age of 11. Wells dedicated the atlas, as well as many of the individual maps, to poor young William.