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 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 299
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: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $600
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.