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Biblischer Geographus.

Auction 58 · Lot 338

Biblischer Geographus.

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$2,100

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

SCHMIDT, JOHANN JACOB.

printer

Gottlob Benjamin Frommann

Place

Züllichau

Publication

1740

Description

First Edition . Engraved frontispiece portrait, 15 folding engraved maps and plans all hand-colored.

summary

First edition of a work divided into six chapters in which the author gives a detailed description of the history, topography, politics, flora and fauna and customs of the Holy Land and surrounding regions.
pp. (28), 862, (70). Foxed. Recent calf. Thick 8vo. * Bound With: George Sarganeck. Ein geringes Zeugniss für die Göttl. Herrlichkeit und Wahrheit. 1740.
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