Auction 43 · Lot 308
MAP OF HOLY LAND by Bonfrerius, Jacobus.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Leeuwarden, 1717.
Description
Mounted in handsome ornate frame
references
Laor 118 (with different dimensions)
summary
At top left, adjacent to title, Moses and Aaron; at bottom left, two cherubs, one working a compass. The map itself orients to the east, showing the coastline from Byblus (Lebanon) in the north to the Nile Delta in the South, and dividing the land on both sides of the Jordan according to the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The Flemish theologian Jacobus Bonfrerius (or Bonfr`ere) (1573-1643) was the Bishop of Cesarea.
16 x 45 inches.
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