Reland, Hadrian. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 110

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Reland, Hadrian. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two volumes bound in one. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices, additional engraved allegorical title. 13 engraved plates of which 5 are fold-outs, including many maps and a genealogical tree of Herod, letter-press chart and numismatic illustrations in the text. Vol. I: pp. (10), 391, (1). Vol. II: pp. (4), 396-511, (4), 516-1068, (94). Ex-library, dampwrinkled, stamp removed from opening title. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed. Thick 4to. Blackmer 1406; Laor 643-53.

Utrecht: William Broedelet 1714

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

The Dutch Orientalist Hadrian Reland (1676-1718) was the first scholar to break away from the traditional cartographic view of the Holy Land that was based upon the Bible, producing here the first geographically accurate maps of the Land of Israel and surrounding region.