RELAND, HADRIAN. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata

(LAND OF ISRAEL).

William Broedelet

Utrecht

1714

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved folding portrait, 10 engraved maps (3 folding), 3 engraved plates (2 folding), folding letter-press chart, 8 numismatic illustrations in the text. The Erich Wronker Copy

Blackmer 1406; Laor 643-53

Reland was the first cartographer to break away from the traditional image of the Holy Land based on the Bible, and thus produced the first geographically accurate maps