Kanaan en D’omleggende Landen, Vertoont in en Woordenboek.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,900

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author

HALMA, FRANCOIS.

printer

F. Halma

Place

Leeuwarden

Publication

1717

Description

Translated into Dutch by J. de Klerk. Additional engraved title-page depicting the division of the Land of Israel. Letterpress title page in red and black. 30 engraved maps and views of the Holy Land, including Mount Carmel, Damascus, Jaffa, Mount Tabor, Temple of Solomon, and a fine, large view of Jerusalem drawn after Dapper Hollar’s view on a reduced scale.

summary

A collection of aids to the study of Biblical history, by a variety of Christian scholars, including a dictionary of Biblical names and places, and a Biblical time-line.

Lightly browned, opening fore-edges, touch worn. Contemporary full vellum, rubbed. Lg. 4to.

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