Reland, Hadrian. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

William Broedelet

Place

Utrecht

Publication

1714

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one. Titles printed in red and black with engraved devices, additional engraved allegorical title. 13 engraved plates of which 5 are fold-outs, including many maps and a genealogical tree of Herod, letter-press chart 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, producing here the first geographically accurate maps of the Land of Israel and surrounding region.

Vol. I: pp. (10), 391, (1). Vol. II: pp. (4), 396-511, (4), 516-1068, (94). Ex-library, dampwrinkled, stamp removed from opening title. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed. Thick 4to.

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