“Perigrinatie ofte Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels.” 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

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Lot 296
STOOPENDAAL, DANIEL

“Perigrinatie ofte Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels.” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.

17 x 18.75 inches.

Dordrecht Amsterdam, 1729:

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $550
From: Biblia… Dordrecht, Hendrick, Jacob and Pieter Keur, and Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick and Pieter Rotterdam.”Dese Kaerte wert gestelt voor het 33. Capittel Numeri”. Between fols. 74-75. Derived from the Nicholas Visscher map of 1650. The elaborate decorative engraving work in the lower quadrant of the map is the work of Daniel Stoopendaal (1672-1726) a Dutch engraver and mapmaker active in Amsterdam during the late 17th and early 19th centuries. His imagery depicts various scenes from Exodus including Moses receiving the Tables of Law, the encampments of the Israelites, Moses producing water from a stone, etc. Title cartouche upper right, includes a distance scale of “English miles” alongside two putti.