Auction 64 · Lot 269
Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan dictae in Tribus Undecim Distributae. Copperplate map engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. With Hebrew place-names.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MONTANUS, BENEDICTUS ARIAS.
Place
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1572 (or, Leiden, 1593?)
references
Cf. Laor 46.
summary
From: Plantin Bible Polyglot. Vol.VIII, Chaleb, sive de Terrae Promissae partitione.
The map shows the divisions of the Tribes as well as 43 Israelite desert encampments. The Kishon River, here called Chedumin, connects Haifa Bay and Tiberias Lake (the Sea of Galilee). Five cities appear submerged beneath the Dead Sea: Sodoma, Gomora, Adamo, Seboim and Segor.
16.625 x 21.25 inches.
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