“Iudaea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum in suas duodecim Tribus divisa.” Hand-colored copperplate map.
AUCTION 72 |
Thursday, March 16th,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Lot 279
JAILLOT, ALEXIS HUBERT.
“Iudaea seu Terra Sancta quae Hebraeorum sive Israelitarum in suas duodecim Tribus divisa.” Hand-colored copperplate map.
Paris, 1709:
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
From: Jaillot’s Atlas Francois, Paris, 1700-24. One of a series of greatly enlarged maps published by Jaillot in collaboration with the heirs of William Sanson.
Decorated with two fine cartouches - the title featuring figures of Moses and Aaron, a Roman soldier and a pagan figure beside the Ark of the Covenant. The smaller mileage-scale cartouche features God creating the animals.