Auction 64 · Lot 280
Terra Sancta siue Promissionis, olim Palestina. Hand-colored copperplate map.
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SANSON, GUILLAUME.
Place
Rome, 1679
references
Laor 682.
summary
From: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, Mercurio Geografico. The Holy Land is here divided between the kingdoms of Judea and Israel. Divided into six provinces and twelve tribes. Newly delineated by Giacomo Cantelli, who added the inset of Syria (upper left hand corner). Bottom right corner features an attractive title cartouche in Latin depicting Adam and Eve mesmerized by the snake in the Garden of Eden.
18.75 x 23.625 inches.
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