“Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina.” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 287
DE WIT, FREDERICK.
“Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina.” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
Amsterdam, first edition 1666, (or later):
Est: $800 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $700
Based on (and a slightly smaller version of) the Nicholas Visscher map of Amsterdam, 1659, from the 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.