“De Gelegentheyt van’t Paradys ende t’Landt Canaan, mitsgaders de eerst bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen.” Copperplate map.

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 289
DANCKERTS, CORNELIUS

“De Gelegentheyt van’t Paradys ende t’Landt Canaan, mitsgaders de eerst bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen.” Copperplate map.

Dutch text on verso. 14 x 19.5 inches.

Amsterdam, 1646:

Est: $400 - $600
Decorative map of the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf with Paradise depicted to the east of Babylon. Features two engravings: Adam and Eve with the serpent and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Further decorated with compass rose, scale of miles cartouche and a depiction of Jonah and the whale. Includes the Land of Nod, the Tower of Babel, and other semi-mythical locations.