Auction 40 · Lot 297
(MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Amsterdam, Guiljelmi Blaeuw (Willem Janszoon Blaeu), 1629 (i.e.1630)
Description
BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina. Double-page engraved map. Palestine oriented to the West, includes both sides of the Jordan. Shoreline runs from Tripoli, Lebanon in the north (at far right) to the Nile Delta in the south (at far left). Moses the Lawgiver and Aaron the Highpriest flank the cartouche at bottom
references
Laor 106