Hadrian Reland. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

William Broedelet

Place

Utrecht

Publication

1714

Description

FIRST EDITION. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved folding portrait, complete with 10 engraved maps (several folding), with folding engraved plates including a genealogical tree of Herod and numismatic illustrations in the text.

references

Blackmer 1406; Laor 643-53.

summary

The Dutch Orientalist Hadrian Reland (1676-1718) was the first scholar to break away from the traditional cartographic view of the Holy Land that was based upon the Bible, thus producing here the first geographically accurate maps of the Land of Israel and surrounding region.

* Vol. I: pp. (8), 511, (1). * Vol. II: pp. (3), 516-1068, (94). Some browning. Later boards, upper cover of vol. I detached along with opening few leaves. Thick 4to.

Enquire about this lot