Auction 62 · Lot 240
“A Map of Canaan with the Adjacent Countrie’s, Very Usefull for the Understanding of the Old Testament.” Hand-colored copperplate map and itinerarium.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
LEA, PHILIP.
Place
London, 1692
summary
Scarce map of the region of the Bible Lands, spanning from Rome to Persia and south to Egypt. The Arabian Peninsula is greatly distorted. The map is replete with region- and place-names along with the route of the encampments of the Jews in the wilderness - all graphically presented.
20.5 x 24.25 inches.
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