Auction 72 · Lot 278
“Terre de Canaan, a Present la Palestine.” Hand-colored copperplate map.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MORTIER, PIETER
Place
Amsterdam, 1705
Description
Unusually wide margins.
summary
From: Mortier’s Atlas Antiquus, first edition, Amsterdam, 1705.
This map oriented to the northwest depicts the Holy Land divided according to the Twelve Tribes, located on both sides of the Jordan.
Pieter Mortier (1661–1711) was an 18th century mapmaker and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, proprietor of the map publishing company Covens & Mortier.
20.5 x 24 inches.
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